After Lin Luoxi left, Xu Qingzhu stood at the door and called Zhou Yi'an, asking her to come in for a meeting and to take her set of design drafts with her.
As Lin Luoxi said, Zhou Yi'an's design talent is indeed high, worthy of her status as a graduate of a prestigious university, but her style does not match Minghui's, and it is absolutely impossible for her to use it as the main product for the new product launch, or even to be brought to the stage of the new product launch.
She rejected all of Zhou Yi'an's drafts.
Zhou Yi'an asked her, "You have a problem with me, don't you?"
Xu Qingzhu said, "No. On the contrary, now that you've joined Minghui, I hope to discover your value, but it's true that this approach won't work."
Zhou Yi'an scoffed, "Do you even understand design? Why should someone with an MBA try to give unsolicited advice on the field?"
Xu Qingzhu didn't take her contemptuous attitude to heart, but smiled and said, "My family has been doing this for generations, so do you think I know anything about it? All the jewelry I've worn since I was a child is from Minghui. You really have no right to question me in this regard."
Zhou Yi'an: "..."
"If you don't want to use it, that's fine." Zhou Yi'an picked up the design draft and was about to leave: "I didn't beg you to use it."
“But I think you have some design talent,” Xu Qingzhu said. “So you could consider designing a piece that fits our philosophy.”
“When a work is given a concept, it loses its soul,” Zhou Yi’an said. “I don’t want designs with a set theme.”
Xu Qingzhu: "So you can't make it?"
Zhou Yi'an: "...Are you trying to provoke me?"
Xu Qingzhu smiled, "No, I was just stating the facts. I thought RT's New Designer of the Year was really that capable, but it turns out you can only do your own thing. What's the point of you joining the company then?"
Zhou Yi'an: "..."
She said impatiently, "It's none of your business! I can come in whenever I want."
"Indeed, it's none of my business. After all, Miss Zhou has special privileges; she can go wherever she wants." Xu Qingzhu maintained her indifferent tone.
Zhou Yi'an: "...Xu Qingzhu, stop being sarcastic. I got in here because of my own abilities. What special privileges did I get?"
“Then I don’t know,” Xu Qingzhu said. “As the deputy director of the design department, I haven’t seen your ability. Designers who can’t even design a work after a theme has been set are generally called mediocre designers.”
Zhou Yi'an: "..."
"Fuck," Zhou Yi'an muttered under her breath, "You're the worst of the worst. When I was winning awards in international design competitions, you were probably still playing in the mud somewhere."
“Then let me see your skills,” Xu Qingzhu said. “You’d better show me your work and make me regret saying those words today.”
Zhou Yi'an: "..."
She paused for a few seconds, then gritted her teeth and asked, "What topic?"
Xu Qingzhu smiled and casually uttered two words: "Autumn."
Zhou Yi'an said fiercely, "Fine! You just wait!"
Then she slammed the door to her office without any hesitation.
Xu Qingzhu leaned back in her chair and let out a sigh of relief. Sally, who had been standing at the door listening to the play, and Cherry, who had returned to listen to the entire performance, walked in and were both shocked.
After a long silence, Cherry, her heart pounding but remaining calm, said, "To squeeze the value out of your rival to the extreme, that's amazing."
“Blanche, I misunderstood you,” Sally exclaimed. “You are the true master of Yin and Yang.”
Xu Qingzhu: "..."
For a moment, she couldn't tell whether the two people were praising her or scolding her.
However, Minghui's current situation has indeed driven her to a dead end, so she has no choice but to target Zhou Yi'an as well.
She just smiled and said, "Sometimes, trash is just a resource in the wrong place."
After listening, Sally and Cherry gave her a thumbs up, saying, "You're amazing."
When Zhou Yi'an returned to her workstation after leaving the office, she held the stack of design drafts in her hand and felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
A colleague, always eager to gossip, asked her, "What does the young lady want from you?"
Zhou Yi'an threw the stack of design drafts in her hand into the trash can without expression. "Change the drafts."
"Your design was rejected?" my colleague asked. "Do you still have any designs to submit for the new product launch?"
“Redraw it,” Zhou Yi’an said.
colleague:"……"
My colleague looked at me with sympathy.
A few seconds later, Zhou Yi'an suddenly threw down the pen she had just drawn a few lines with and muttered under her breath, "Damn it."
Was she tricked by Xu Qingzhu?
That's really interesting.
//
Compared to the difficulties Xu Qingzhu encountered in the workplace, Liang Shi's situation was relatively smooth sailing.
I only found out when I came to work that Rainbow had finished her period of reflection at home and had gone back to kindergarten.
After she arrived, Li Ran asked her if she had seen the trending topics from last night.
Liang had drunk too much at the time and didn't remember much, so Li Ran pulled up the video for her and sincerely praised her, "Your acting skills are really amazing, it's just that the person who created the entry doesn't speak like a human being in order to get more views."
Liang Shixian appeared calm in front of others, simply smiling slightly, "It's alright, let's go to work."
After everyone dispersed, she watched the relevant clips several times on Weibo.
However, this trending topic has been removed, and the level of discussion has decreased.
But Liang Shi mainly appreciated his own acting skills.
Just then, Li Ran went to get hot water and discovered that Liang Shi was secretly watching his performance video. Suddenly, she let out a "hey" from behind, which startled Liang Shi.
Li Ran laughed and said, "What are you doing? Admiring your own stunning good looks all by yourself?"
Liang Shi: "..."
She awkwardly put away her phone and said with a forced laugh, "I was just checking to see if there was anything I could improve."
Li Ran chuckled, "I understand, I understand."
Liang Shi felt embarrassed by what was said.
Because of that video, people's impression of her changed a lot.
Furthermore, Zhou Li fully incorporated her into the ranks of formal employees. During the team meeting on Monday morning, she even criticized the work Zhou Li had done, treating her the same as other team members. Zhou Li accepted this well and sincerely told Zhou Li, "Thank you, Sister Li. I will work hard."
He really has the same energy as an intern.
So gradually, everyone started calling her "Xiao Liang".
She happily agreed.
Integrating into a new group is simple: just lower your status and become like them.
Liang Shi was very approachable and even bought drinks for everyone at noon. The magazine department colleagues were immediately won over, calling him "Little Liang" in a very friendly manner.
People who watched her videos asked her, "Why don't you go into the entertainment industry? With your face and figure, you're definitely better than Chen Liuying."
One of my colleagues, a hater of Chen Liuying, immediately retorted, "Can you please stop comparing such a piece of trash as Chen Liuying to our Xiao Liang? What is our Xiao Liang? A beautiful and kind-hearted fairy! She doesn't deserve it, she doesn't deserve it!"
Everyone burst into laughter.
Liang Shi brushed the topic off at the time, and no one brought it up again.
Having integrated into the new team, Liang Shi had his own work to do and a lot of new things to learn. He didn't even notice the passage of time, and before he knew it, it was time to get off work.
Now that there are no new leaders, they can leave work on time after finishing their tasks each day.
Especially the editorial department, because Zhou Li has young children at home.
Everyone leaves the company as soon as it's six o'clock, saying they refuse to work overtime in vain and refuse to engage in cutthroat competition in the workplace.
Liang Shi took this to the extreme.
However, after she got home, she had nothing to do, so she played the video that had been trending on social media the previous night seven or eight times on repeat.
Although the video features the annoying Chen Liuying, it doesn't stop her from watching it.
After all, the comments section was full of praise for her.
Liang Shi ate egg pancakes and rice porridge for dinner.
Almost three hours had passed since they finished eating, but Xu Qingzhu still hadn't returned. She only replied to the message she sent with two words: "Busy."
The more Liang Shi spent with Xu Qingzhu, the more he realized that some people's success was not without reason.
Based on this drive alone, she felt that Xu Qingzhu was just around the corner and would soon become the president of a listed company.
All she could do was prepare a meal for her and wait for her to come home.
Because Liang Shi hadn't accumulated forty points of luck yet, he once asked the system sadly, "Why is it so hard to accumulate luck points?"
The system told her, "Host, try harder! My neighbor's host has already had a baby, and you're still here waiting for something to happen."
Liang Shi: "..."
“If I force her to have a child, your bad luck system will kill me,” Liang Shi retorted expressionlessly.
The system said sadly, "I'm going to get angry, you need to take the initiative."
Liang Shi: "Then you have to tell me how to take the initiative."
System: "...I'm just an AI, host."
Liang Shi was silent for a few seconds, then said quietly, "I'm still a lifelong soloist."
system:"……"
Suddenly, background music started playing in her head—"Why don't you just delete me?" I had to grit my teeth to say those words.
Liang Shi covered his ears and said, "Shut up."
Even the system couldn't help but offer her advice, "I just looked through some romance novels, and they all pinned the female lead against a corner and said—'Is giving you my life enough?'"
Liang Shi sighed, "You'd better shut up."
Liang Shi thought it would be better to delete the system.
However, after finishing her conversation with the system, she checked the time and realized she had been in the book for twenty days, which was roughly a month.
She hasn't even finished accumulating half of her luck points.