The news that Gaofeng Group's headquarters was publicly recruiting high-level reserve cadres spread across various job bank websites two months ago, and was presented to the world in a ostentatious way with the top headlines; then various media also reported it in the financial pages, attracting many new graduates who thought they were outstanding talents to flock to it. The emails for registration and taking the exams came in like snowflakes, almost filling up the email box of Gaofeng's human resources department. The fierce situation was comparable to the annual high school entrance examination.
Gaofeng Group is not the largest corporate group in Taiwan. It is even just a company that has just transformed from a medium-sized enterprise to a large enterprise; but its young and positive corporate physique, enterprising corporate culture, and the average age of its employees under 33 years old, coupled with the annual multiple growth in profits, and the millions of employee dividends, all attract the eyes of young people, who are eager to enter this young and promising company to show their talents.
Gaofeng Group has a very low employee turnover rate, so it rarely holds open recruitment. Every year, if there is a vacancy for general basic employees, it will select outstanding graduates from various national universities and then send letters to invite people to interview. As for the vacancies of supervisors, we go to headhunting companies to look for talent. In recent years, we have established scholarships in several well-known national university business schools to provide early recruitment of talents to the company for internships.
Therefore, this year's public recruitment is the first time since the establishment of the company.
And this first time is very special; the academic qualifications only need to be above college level, and it does not matter whether it is a domestic or foreign degree, or even whether it is a national or private university. As long as you think you have the ability, you can come to take the exam. The registration age is limited to under 28 years old.
Gao Feng is famous for hiring young people, even if they are new to society with no work experience. On the contrary, those who have been in the workplace for seven or eight years have a lower chance of being accepted than newcomers.
With such low conditions, if you are lucky enough to pass the exam, you will be cultivated to be a senior manager in the future. How can people not be tempted and take action immediately? Therefore, from the first day that Gaofeng sent out the job search, the human resources department was plunged into the chaotic Warring States period. A bunch of temporary contract staff were hired to help process the application forms. Even if they worked overtime every day, they were still almost unable to cope.
During the two-month application period, the number of letters increased day by day. Since the conditions were relaxed, the number of people who applied was naturally overwhelming. After all, in this mess of fake universities, are there still people in Taiwan who have not graduated from university? At least people born after the 1990s can still graduate from university even if they can't remember all the English letters and phonetic symbols.
Therefore, Gaofeng's job search conditions this time were so relaxed that other companies looked at them sideways and couldn't figure out what this company was doing. If they really wanted to recruit decent talents, they should at least require a degree from a well-known national university, right? Now, aren't they just asking for trouble? After spending so much money on this massive job search, what can they get except for getting a good reputation and a spotlight in the news? Can they really recruit talents? Don't be kidding.
Of course, other bosses all thought that this was a job for publicity or a joke, but for ordinary people, it was a rare opportunity and they naturally didn't want to miss it. Everyone spread the word, encouraged each other and went to sign up together. Even college students couldn't help but pay attention to this news.
"Oh, what a pity, I'm only a sophomore this year and can't sign up."
"Not only are you a sophomore, you still have to retake the three subjects you failed in your freshman year. I hope you can get your diploma smoothly after you finish your senior year."
"Sister! Don't look down on me. I listened to you obediently and quit my other three part-time jobs after school started. I have so much time to study. I dare say that my grades next semester will be so good that they will scare you to death." Qu Xiuying raised her chin to the ceiling proudly.
"I'll wait and see." Qu Yunhe nodded to her elegantly, then turned back to the screen and continued typing.
That action is so cool! I must learn it secretly! Qu Xiuying nodded hard in her heart.
"Sister, what are you busy with?"
"I'm filling out the application form."
"What application...ah! Is it the Gaofeng Group recruitment that I just mentioned? You want to sign up? No way!" Throwing down the business magazine at hand, Qu Xiuying jumped in front of the computer desk, put her hands on her cousin's shoulders, and stared at the screen with wide eyes.
"Why not? The registration deadline is tomorrow, and you still have time to send it in today."
"But, but... I remember you studied Chinese, right? Although Gaofeng's recruitment conditions are very loose and they don't require any major, why would you, a Chinese major, go there? People will think you are here to cause trouble, right? You are not a clerk."
"Since they don't require majors, of course I can register."
"You can register, but even if you take the preliminary exam, it's just a waste of time. They will definitely eliminate you at the first round." Qu Xiuying compared the bookshelf full of various business magazines and books, and said, "Sister, you don't think that just by reading these books at home, you can compete with those who graduated from business schools, right?"
"How do you know I can't do it?"
"It's good to be confident, but self-knowledge is also important. For example, in the past two years since my family went bankrupt, every time I passed by a lottery shop, I had an impulse to spend all the money in my pocket, fantasizing that if I could win the first prize, the family's debts would be completely solved... But in the end, I only dared to spend fifty or one hundred dollars on small purchases, and I didn't dare to joke with that meager living expenses. This is reality, and it is also self-knowledge. We have dreams, but before that, we must first learn to be down-to-earth. We don't have the capital to dream." Qu Xiuying said in a very vicissitudes of life.
"It's just a registration, it has nothing to do with life and death. Even if I am rejected, I will not seek death for it. So, sister, you really don't need to put on such a heavy expression to comfort me."
Qu Xiuying hurriedly touched her face, stared at Qu Yunhe, and asked, "Is my expression too exaggerated?"
Nodding.
"Can you describe it in detail?"
"Deeply distressed."
"...I will correct it." Lowered his head, reflecting.
"Oh, that's not right! I'm off topic! Sister, what I mean is that it's fine if you want to apply, but don't hold your hopes too high. As far as I know, the number of applicants is said to be nearly 3,000, but in the end they will only admit a few hundred people at most, and for the senior reserve cadres they really need, it would be a lot to take 10 to 20 people. You are studying Chinese, so you don't have any advantages, so you should know this in your heart."
"I understand that, don't worry." He patted her head again, thinking that it was really good to have a cute sister to tease.
"It's good that you understand. But if you are rejected, don't be sad. I will help you earn back this breath after graduation. I will definitely work in Gaofeng and fulfill your unfulfilled wish!" He clenched his fists.
Wish...
"Xiuying, I think you should stop studying business and switch to studying Chinese." He stroked his forehead and sighed.
"Ah? Why?" Qu Xiuying's face was full of question marks.
"...Forget it. You should get ready to go out, right? It's almost time to work." A slender index finger pointed in the direction of the wall clock.
"Ah! Really! If I'm late, I'm doomed!" She looked in the direction of the finger and screamed.
She quickly packed her bag, put on a coat and was about to go out. When she opened the door, she suddenly paused, turned her head to look at her cousin, and said hesitantly in a low voice: "Sister... Actually, what I really want to ask is... Do you want to work in Gaofeng to make more money to help my family pay off the debt?"
"Even if it wasn't for helping my uncle, I would have planned to change jobs anyway. You're just a kid, you should just study hard. You're always daydreaming, aren't you afraid that your brain will freeze up?" "
It won't freeze up! My EQ and IQ are both very strong, okay?" She protested with a pout. She wrinkled her nose at Qu Yunhe and went out to work.
After watching her cousin leave, Qu Yunhe turned around and sent the typed information out, then turned off the computer, got up and walked to the sofa where her cousin had just sat, picked up the business magazine that was thrown on the small coffee table, but didn't read the content immediately. She just stared at the cover character on the magazine for a long time.
Long time no see, my old friend.
Qu Yunhe greeted softly in his heart, looking at the extremely familiar face on the cover, his expression complicated and confused, full of indecisive hesitation.
Will you and I never see each other again? Or, will we meet again in the end?
This question has been asked countless times in more than a year, but there is never a firm answer. Even when she saw the rare photos of him appearing in the media, she still felt the same way.
Gao Feng was the result of his and Lou Ran's hard work, and he wanted to get in no matter how difficult it was.
As for whether or not to see Lou Ran again, she subconsciously refused to think about it since the day she became Qu Yunhe.
After all... this is really...
a bit embarrassing.
Changing from a man to a woman...
is simply too embarrassing to talk about.
Even to a close friend who can talk about anything, she can't say it.
She thought, this is what she has been struggling with! That's why she never considered looking for him.
Apart from this, there is nothing else.
Really.
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"It's time to get off work, are you still busy?" Lou Ran came out of the elevator with a laptop, and greeted the secretaries and special assistants who were sitting in the small meeting area discussing some major decision.
Those people turned around and saw that it was Lou Lie, and they all greeted him. One of the confidential secretaries came over and said, "Mr. Lou, you are here. The boss is still in a meeting with the head of the human resources department. Please sit for a while." He led the man to the reception area and called to a man sitting closest to the tea room, "Shaofeng, please pour a cup of coffee. Just pour the pot of Mandheling that was just brewed. Don't use the ones we usually drink."
"Okay, I'll be right there." The man named Shaofeng immediately got up and went to the tea room.
Lou Lie had only casually glanced at the young man who was being ordered around, but after catching a glimpse of that familiar profile, his body suddenly shook, and he forgot to look away. He couldn't help but stare at the door of the tea room, waiting for the man to come out, just to confirm something.
Seeing that Lou Lie seemed to be quite curious about the young man, the confidential secretary took the initiative to say, "His name is Lin Shaofeng. He has only been in the company for a year. He was originally a temporary employee, but after being transferred up six months ago, his file was changed to a formal employee. He has no work experience, but he is willing to learn and very hardworking. For example, when the office assistant is busy, he helps with some work such as serving tea and water. I have never heard him complain."
"I didn't notice this person before." He has been to the 28th floor many times since he returned to China for two months, but he has no impression of this person.
"He is just a newcomer. Besides, there are only 20 or 30 people on this floor, and you won't remember many of them. You will only remember those people you knew before you went abroad."
"That's true." Lou Lie nodded in acknowledgment, and then asked, "Does this person have an excellent academic background?"
"Not too outstanding, graduated from a private university, and his academic performance is acceptable." Who can work on the exclusive floor of General Manager Gao Feng does not have an impressive diploma? Even if they didn't graduate from a prestigious foreign university, they would at least be top students from one of the best national universities in Taiwan. It's rare for someone like Lin Shaofeng to work as a secretary assistant after graduating from an ordinary private university.
To be frank, with such academic qualifications, he can only be an office assistant at best on this floor where high-level elites gather. By the way, isn't the office assistant on their floor Lin Shaofeng's college junior?
So, no one knows why Lin Shaofeng was suddenly promoted out of turn. In Gaofeng, a young and vibrant company, it's not popular to use backdoors or rely on relationships. Everyone competes based on their abilities. So the existence of Lin Shaofeng is really puzzling.
Maybe even Lin Shaofeng himself doesn't know why he has the honor of becoming a senior employee on the 28th floor of Gaofeng Group's headquarters!
"Who transferred him up?" Lou Lie leaned on the armrest of the sofa with one elbow propped up, supporting half of his face, and asked lazily.
"The HR department issued a transfer order, so he came up."
"Oh..." Lou Lie replied with a long pause, and then asked, "Does my brother know him?"
"We're on the same floor, and I see him every day, so of course I have some impression of him." Although the confidential secretary felt that the young boss's question had a deeper meaning, he didn't think much about it and only answered what he could.
At this time, Lin Shaofeng had already brought coffee over. There was hot and fragrant coffee on the tea tray, and even milk balls, sugar, stirring sticks, and tissues were all prepared.
"Mr. Lou, please." After placing the coffee, he quietly took the tea tray and turned back to the tea room. Then he was seen bringing out two large pots full of tea and coffee, and walked to the small meeting area to add tea to those who were in the meeting.
Lou Lie raised his eyebrows, said nothing, and looked at the confidential secretary beside him.
The confidential secretary smiled and said, "He is quite likable."
"Do you think such a likable person has a future?"
"Of course." The confidential secretary answered firmly. As for what "of course" means, just guess it yourself. Anyway, no matter whether the answer is "yes" or "no", you can tick it and score points.
"Actually... as long as he pleases my brother, he will have a bright future." Lou Lie looked at the man named Lin Shaofeng again, with a hint of longing and disgust in his eyes, and his tone was half-smile.
"If he can be valued by the big boss, his future will certainly be bright." The confidential secretary nodded in agreement. However, as for this Lin Shaofeng, there is no sign that he is valued by the big boss so far.
Lou Lie glanced at the secretary and suddenly lost the mood to chat. He waved at him and said, "You go and get busy. You don't have to entertain me. I can just work while waiting for my brother." He pointed to the laptop bag beside him and said.
"Okay, you are busy. I will go to continue the meeting."
The confidential secretary did not hesitate to be polite with him and went back to the meeting area to work. Lou Lie opened his bag and took out the laptop. While waiting to turn it on, he saw that Lin Shaofeng had already returned from helping those people add tea and water. The two of them looked at each other unexpectedly. Lin Shaofeng smiled politely, and Lou Lie smiled back, then looked away and ignored him.
Although he didn't look at Lin Shaofeng's appearance again, he remembered his face firmly.
It was a handsome and likable face. If he developed into the entertainment industry, he might be able to do well. But to Lou Lie, such a face was really, extremely disgusting.
However, Lou Lie knew in his heart that how much he hated this face, his elder brother would like it as much, even liking it countless times more.
Then, Lou Lie couldn't help but be curious: How much benefit can a face like this bring to this young man named Lin Shaofeng?
Can he be reused because of this? Become a senior cadre of Gao Feng in the future? Even climb higher, high enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with the big boss? Then, take away half of Gao Feng's power?
Humph.
Lou Lie sneered in his heart.
He decided to watch from the sidelines and see what his elder brother would do.
Is just a little bit of resemblance enough to make his dear elder brother crazy again?
He waited and saw!
See what he wants to do by transferring this person to his side!