Chapter 35: Old Tang’s Reminder
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Chen Xu first went to find Old Wang to talk about agreeing to transfer to the new departnt. For this kind of thing, he definitely had to tell his direct supervisor first.
Then he thanked Old Wang for taking care of him over the past year.
“To be honest, I’m quite reluctant to let you go,” Old Wang said while patting his shoulder, half-jokingly. “It’s almost the end of the year, the busiest ti. If you leave, we’re going to be really busy.”
“But since you have better prospects, I can’t hold you back.”
Chen Xu smiled, uncertain of what to say. To be honest, Old Wang wasn’t a bad person; he could be considered a good boss.
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Old Wang suggested, “How about this, to celebrate you moving to the new departnt, let’s have a dinner gathering tonight, everyone’s invited.”
Chen Xu quickly dismissed the idea, persuading, “Supervisor, let’s not. That’s too high-profile.”
Old Wang thought about it and agreed. The whole company was watching the establishnt of the new departnt, and making such a big fuss wouldn’t be appropriate. He said a bit regretfully, “Too bad, we’ll have to make up for it next ti.”
“Alright, alright,” Chen Xu felt a little amused and helpless. He’d never t soone who loved dinner gatherings so much.
“Co on, let’s say goodbye to the colleagues,” Old Wang said, leading him outside.
When Old Wang announced to the colleagues in the advertising departnt that Chen Xu was being transferred to the new departnt, they were all surprised. So were envious, so were jealous, there were all kinds of reactions.
Everyone congratulated him, whether genuinely or not, and no one said anything strange. They just made a commotion, asking him to treat them to a al.
Chen Xu could only promise to rember this for next ti.
After so fussing, everyone dispersed, with only Old Tang remaining by his side. Chen Xu knew, among these people, Old Tang was probably the only one truly happy for him.
In a while, lunchti arrived.
Chen Xu went to a familiar restaurant with Old Tang.
“About changing jobs?” Old Tang whispered when he saw there were no familiar faces around.
Chen Xu said, “I’m not changing for now, I’ll just work like this.”
Old Tang nodded, and then, with so feeling, said, “Lao Liu and Lao Guo both went to see Old Wang to apply for the new departnt, but Old Wang asked them to write an application, and it was rejected by the HR departnt. I didn’t expect you’d get it done quietly.”
Chen Xu finally understood why those two looked so bad earlier. He said, “Actually, I’m also baffled, how did they choose ?”
Old Tang pondered for a mont and said, “Maybe it’s because your background is relatively clean.”
“What do you an?” Chen Xu asked, puzzled.
“I’m just guessing,” Old Tang said. “Mr. Liu parachuted in from above last year. There were rumors that he was here to take over Mr. Zhou’s position. This new departnt’s establishnt was pushed strongly by Mr. Liu. He definitely wants to achieve sothing. Soone like you, with a relatively clean background, is naturally the best choice.”
“So that’s how it is,” Chen Xu felt that Old Tang’s analysis made quite a lot of sense.
“But be careful when you get to the new departnt,” Old Tang reminded, “the news of the new departnt’s establishnt is all over the place. I have a feeling sothing might happen.”
Chen Xu nodded. Actually, so things weren’t hard to guess. Before, Mr. Zhou called the shots in the company. However, since Mr. Liu parachuted in, things were different. Over the past year, many departntal heads have been replaced. It seed like a struggle for power. Would Mr. Zhou endure that?
However, these matters weren’t related to him before, and now, they had even less to do with him. He wasn’t very concerned.
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After lunch, Chen Xu returned to the company and started packing his personal belongings to report to the new departnt.
The company was wealthy, occupying an entire floor, with the advertising departnt in the far northwestern corner and the new departnt in the southeast. He had worked here for almost two years and had never been to this side.
When he arrived, the new sign was already up. It wasn’t the rumored marketing departnt but the “Electronic Sales Departnt.”
There were a few people in the office, who were presumably his new colleagues. He knocked on the door, entered, and introduced himself.
Soon, new colleagues kept coming in.
Chen Xu observed silently, noticing that most were young people, rarely anyone over thirty.
Once everyone arrived, he counted and found, including himself, there were fourteen people in total.
After a while, Mr. Liu also showed up, along with soone Chen Xu didn’t expect, Xiyun.
He suddenly recalled that she parachuted in around the sa ti as Mr. Liu, so it wasn’t surprising they’d cooperate.
Mr. Liu led everyone to a eting room for a eting.
Mr. Liu’s full na was Liu Kun, and he was thirty-four or thirty-five years old. He was quite handso and eloquent, speaking confidently. Chen Xu watched sowhat enviously. Previously, he most aspired to beco a successful person like Liu Kun. Soone like Liu Kun was his goal.
Unfortunately, harsh reality made him realize that he couldn’t beco soone like Liu Kun. He couldn’t tell about abilities, but Liu Kun was a graduate from a prestigious university and even studied abroad. Just from that, Chen Xu couldn’t compare.
To be aware, Liu Kun’s starting point was with a famous investnt bank abroad. After working for a few years, he jumped to corporate work, and, now in his thirties, was already qualified to take over as CEO of a large company.
Soon, Chen Xu set aside these random thoughts and listened carefully. Before long, he understood what this new departnt was about.
Liu Kun planned to establish an online channel to expand the supermarket’s custor base. In plain terms, it was about doing e-comrce.
Specifically, the first step was to rely on the company’s ten chain supermarkets to provide ho delivery services within a certain range.
Everyone, being young people who frequently shopped online, found it easy to understand.
Liu Kun then started assigning work and positions to everyone. Chen Xu’s responsibilities were similar to his previous ones, still in advertising. This made him relieved, as he was familiar with these tasks and could quickly get to work.
Lastly, there was Xiyun. She remained the director, just becoming the director of the electronic sales departnt. After all, Liu Kun was the company’s vice president and had other large responsibilities and couldn’t always be there. In his absence, Xiyun would be in charge.
Although Chen Xu had expected it, he still frowned. She actually beca his imdiate supervisor.
Then it was Xiyun’s turn to speak.
Chen Xu saw a completely different Xiyun from his dreams: confident, assertive, and focused. This made him sowhat uncertain in his heart.
Was the person in reality truly the sa as the one in his dreams?
The eting lasted the entire afternoon.
After work, Liu Kun suggested that the whole departnt should go out for dinner to celebrate the establishnt of the new departnt.
Naturally, no one opposed.
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