Chapter 18 I Don't Want to Be a Secretary
I stayed at Cheng Jia's place for only half a minute. Seeing that she was dealing with some urgent documents and had no time to deal with me, I stopped bothering her. Now I finally know what it feels like to be idle. On such a large 12th floor, I didn't even know where to stand!
As I was walking around, Fan Yunting passed by me while talking on her cell phone. She glanced and stopped in front of me.
She ended the call in a few words, then put down the phone and said to me, "Your name is Tang Qian, right? I noticed that you haven't sorted out the cardboard boxes on the empty table over there, but you are hanging around here. Why?"
I looked at this legendary woman in the industry and said seriously, "Since I reported in this morning, no one has told me where I should work or what I should do, so I can only leave my things there and dare not sort them out. I also don't know where I should stand, so I have to look around and get familiar with the environment."
Fan Yunting frowned slightly and said, "You should go directly to President Hua and let her arrange your position and work instead of waiting for others to come to you. Don't you understand this basic principle?"
I said a little aggrievedly, "I did look for it. I reported it to Ms. Hua as soon as I got here in the morning and asked her to arrange it for me. But Ms. Hua said not to worry and that she would arrange it for me after the meeting. But I have been waiting until now and she has not given me a reply."
Fan Yunting was a little surprised and said, "Really? Then come with me to see Mr. Hua. We have to settle you down first. Otherwise, what's the point of you wandering around like this?"
I had no choice but to follow her to Hua Jingjing's office again.
Fan Yunting knocked on the door and entered Hua Jingjing's office. She said straight to the point, "Boss Hua, Tang Qian, who was transferred from the marketing department, hasn't been assigned a job yet. Which department do you think should we assign him to?"
Hua Jingjing looked up and glared at me, then said to Fan Yunting with a smile: "I have been thinking about this problem as well. I have read Tang Qian's work records in recent years and found that he has no ability and his performance has always been poor. He has never been involved in planning work, so it is really not easy to arrange for him." As she spoke, she looked at me with a mocking look.
I had no choice but to pretend I didn't see it. Her evaluation of me left me speechless, as my performance was indeed very poor.
Fan Yunting turned her head and looked at me, and said, "Really? Can I take a look at his records?" Hua Jingjing picked up an open folder on the table and handed it to me, saying, "Sure, take a look."
Fan Yunting took it and started flipping through it. She read very quickly and finished reading my work records for the past four years in a few minutes. She looked at me again, then turned to Hua Jingjing and said, "Tang Qian's sales performance is indeed very poor, but I think he is just not suitable. I think the several product modification plans he proposed in the first year are very creative. The records show that he once presided over the research and development of a beverage, but later gave up halfway. Why?"
Her last question was directed to me.
I thought of the R&D department supervisor who was just as much of a jerk as Hua Jingjing, so I stared at Hua Jingjing and said with a double meaning, "That's because the supervisor deliberately bullied me and made things difficult for me. He didn't do his job all day and just wanted to make trouble for me. How can I continue to work when I meet such a rogue boss?"
With a "snap", the pencil that Hua Jingjing was playing with suddenly broke. Fan Yunting looked at her strangely, and Hua Jingjing forced a smile and said, "Well... the quality of pencils nowadays is really bad! Haha!" Then she threw the broken pencil into the trash basket.
I felt her two deadly gazes coming straight at me.
I shouted in my heart that it was great, and I couldn't stop smiling triumphantly. I ignored Hua Jingjing's glare, and that unspeakable pleasure once again filled my body.
Although Fan Yunting felt very strange, she never expected that she and I, who had just met today, were already enemies as fierce as fire and water. She flipped through the records again and said to Hua Jingjing, "I think Tang Qian has a deeper understanding of the company's products and a more professional grasp of beverage knowledge. I think it would be more appropriate to assign him to the product management planning team. What do you think, President Hua?"
Hua Jingjing's first reaction was to shout, "No!"
Fan Yunting was startled. She didn't expect Hua Jingjing to yell so loudly and rejected her plan, which she thought was the most reasonable. She widened her eyes and asked in confusion, "Why? Did President Hua already have a plan?"
Hua Jingjing just yelled that it was not possible, and immediately regretted being too excited. She immediately coughed lightly, tried to adjust herself, and then used a smile to cover up her embarrassment. She blinked and said, "Yes, I think although Tang Qian knows about the product, that was three years ago. What's more, he has no idea what planning is. It's too hasty to ask him to start working like this."
Fan Yunting said: "Then what Mr. Hua means is..."
Hua Jingjing obviously had no idea, but she was very smart. She looked at me with a proud look and said, "I am the vice president of the company. According to regulations, I can have a working secretary. I think Tang Qian is quite smart, so I will let him be my secretary for two months. This will help him get familiar with the work , and he will be able to get started faster in the future."
When I heard this, my face immediately changed, my head buzzed, and I almost collapsed from a brain congestion. My first reaction was: conspiracy! A despicable conspiracy! She wants to punish me all the time! Persecute me! I will die without a burial place! I was so impulsive that I couldn't help but shout out: "No!"
Hua Jingjing finally saw how furious I was, and she was so happy and proud that she almost laughed out loud, but because Fan Yunting was there, she had to maintain her composure, so she had to hold it back. But it was obvious that she was having a hard time holding it back, her face was flushed, and her expression was so strange that it was hard to express in words.
She also knew that her expression was too difficult to understand, so she simply slammed the table and pretended to be angry, "What? You dare not obey the assignment?"
I shouted, "I have never done secretarial work before. I don't know how to do it."
Hua Jingjing said: "If you don't understand, you can learn. I can teach you."
I argued: "I can learn planning work even if I don't understand it, so why can't I do it?"
"That's because planning work is more important and can't be assigned to newbies."
"Who is born an expert? Didn't everyone start out as a novice and learn little by little?"
"Anyway, I don't trust you. You must start by being my secretary. This is the company's decision. Do you dare to disobey?"
I was so angry at her that I couldn't say a word and stared at her with great anger!
Fan Yunting was very surprised. She looked at me, then at Hua Jingjing. Then she seemed to understand something and said, "I think I'd better leave first."
As she spoke, she quietly slipped out of Hua Jingjing's office, leaving her and I glaring at each other.
I took a breath and tried to speak in a normal tone, "You are abusing your power. This is not the company's decision at all. I will appeal to President Qi!"
Hua Jingjing laughed twice, stood up from the chair, walked to me, and said to me in a very arrogant tone, "You can go! But I can tell you a secret." She took a step forward, slightly closer to my right ear, and whispered mysteriously: "Although Mr. Qi is the general manager in name, he actually only owns 30% of the company's shares. I own 60%. Do you understand? I am the real boss of this company. My decision is the company's decision, and Mr. Qi can't do anything about it. Haha! Now you can go and appeal, and see if Mr. Qi will help you?"
I was stunned for a moment. I couldn't believe that this young woman was the boss of the company!
Hua Jingjing was very proud. She held her head high and chest puffed out in front of me, acting like a big boss. She said, "Don't believe it? Why don't you go and try it? Go?"
I looked at her puffed-up chest, and a random thought flashed through my mind: This woman has pretty plump breasts! I immediately shook my head and thought, "Pah, pah, pah, it's none of your business whether her breasts are plump or not! Even if such a vicious and cruel woman throws herself at me, I won't accept her!"
I also remembered that she came to work in the morning, driving a Ferrari worth several million. She must be a very wealthy person. She said that she owns 60% of the company's shares. Maybe it's true. However, as far as I know, the real boss of Green Lady Company should be Hua Qiming, the president of Watson Group? Huh? This woman's last name is also Hua, could it be...
I seemed to understand that this woman must have a close relationship with Hua Qiming, and I was immediately discouraged. But I was still very angry and said, "I don't accept it! You are taking revenge on me!"
Seeing that I had lost my temper, Hua Jingjing became even more proud. She kept grinning and said, "I am just avenging my personal grudge. What can you do to me?"
I was furious and shouted, "I..." I stopped talking halfway. I was impulsive and wanted to say I quit. I can't afford to offend you, but I can afford to avoid you. But in my rage, I suddenly thought that this woman was so hateful that I couldn't stay in this company anymore.
But I can't just leave like this!
If I quit my job, it would mean I'm running away from this woman, which means she has actually defeated me!
How could this be possible! How could I, Tang Qian, a man, be so cowardly forced to resign by a woman! This was completely different from my intention to resign this morning.
I'm going to quit in the morning for dignity!
And if I resign now, I will lose my dignity!
I would rather have this woman propose to fire me, which would show that she has not subdued me and can only end the struggle by firing me. Others may not understand it, but I will leave with pride because I did not yield to the powerful, but the powerful are afraid of me and want me to leave.
Yes, I can’t leave by myself, I want to force her to fire me!
My mind flashed, and it only took a blink of an eye. Hua Jingjing looked expectant and asked me with a smile: "What do you think?"
I immediately calmed down, looked at Hua Jingjing, and sneered, "It doesn't matter, a secretary is a secretary. Anyway, let me make it clear that I don't know what a secretary should do at all. I won't be responsible if I don't do it well."
Hua Jingjing was not used to my 180-degree turn, her mouth opened wide, and her jaw almost dropped. She was surprised and said, "You...you are willing to accept it? Did I hear it correctly?"
