Chapter 13 about change

About change (1) In Hong Kong, I occasionally take the subway during rush hour.Looking at the crowds of people on the platform, I feel really lucky, because my job does not require nine to five every day. I work in a job that is constantly changing.Basically, I don't know what to do the next day, what kind of people I will meet, or even when and where I will fly to.So it is difficult for me to make a plan for myself. The things that have been agreed in the morning have a lot of variables.Every time I make an appointment with someone for a visit, if it happens after a week, I have to make it clear to the other party that it may be my colleague who will come, because at that time I may already be somewhere in the world, doing another thing.

There is no time to go to work, and there is no time to leave work. Every night at about ten o'clock, I don't know what I will do the next day.After knowing it, you can think about how to arrange your time, but many times, unexpected things will completely disrupt your arrangement. I have tried it, the company has approved the vacation, and I have already bought the air ticket, but the day before the departure, the company notified me that the vacation must be cancelled, because there is a temporary interview abroad. The most embarrassing time for me was one afternoon a few years ago when the leader of the company came to me and said, you should leave now, the car will be waiting for you downstairs in the company, and immediately rush from Hong Kong to Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, because if you want to If you arrive in Nanchang, Jiangxi, there is only one flight from Guangzhou.When you arrive in Jiangxi, you must immediately drive to the place where the fireworks exploded.Because all the interviews had to be done the next morning, because this interview had to be aired the next night.

Without saying a word, I ran down the stairs with my bag and got into the company car.Because I was in Hong Kong, I was wearing a skirt and high heels that day, and I was carrying a small handbag that was so elegant that it could only hold a wallet and a phone.Fortunately, I have a habit of keeping all travel documents, passports, home return permits, and credit cards with me.Because many times, there is simply no time for us to go home and pack our things.After getting in the car, I started to make phone calls to understand the ins and outs of this matter from my colleagues and colleagues in other media.I still remember that it was past ten o'clock in the evening when we arrived at Jiangxi Nanchang Airport. When we arrived at the scene of the incident, the unit that received us arranged a guest house for us. Only then did I realize that the guest house had no toothbrushes, towels, or hot water.And I didn't bring anything either.But fortunately, there was only three or four hours of rest time, because we still needed to drive to the countryside in the early morning of the next day, so I didn't even take off my coat, and fell asleep leaning on the bed.Looking back now, I was a little funny when I interviewed in the countryside the next day. I was walking around the field wearing high heels, a short skirt, and carrying a small handbag. It was really unprofessional.

Although we live this kind of life, my colleagues and I have never complained, because when we chose this profession, we already knew that this is how life will be in the future.The only thing I can do is how to make myself feel more relaxed when facing and accepting this daily change. Compared with when I just started, now I am very used to such changes.If the daily things go smoothly according to the pre-arranged, sometimes I am not used to it, and I feel that some challenges are missing.Not only I am used to it, but the people around me are also used to it.So when I overturned the original arrangement and wanted to make changes in embarrassment, others always told me tolerantly, it doesn't matter, I know you can't help yourself.

Compared with adapting to changes in time and space, it takes me much longer to adapt to changes in my working environment and working methods. When I first arrived in Fenghuang, it was a company that didn't even have a few computers, let alone a professional TV station computer operating system.It was really uncomfortable at first, because I was used to the smooth operation process in other TV stations.Each step has a dedicated person in charge, so there is never any delay.In Fenghuang, the people are new, the equipment is different, and the operating procedures are also different.However, because it is from a formal and advanced place to a place with a bit of a handicraft workshop, it is much faster to adapt than the other way around, because there is no special technical thing that takes time to learn.This is what I have always suggested to many fresh graduates. If they want to find their first job, they should really go to a large-scale company. It is easy to go faster than others, because I have seen the best things.On the contrary, it takes a lot more time and energy to adapt to such changes from childhood to adulthood.

People are always a little lazy. When they are used to a certain method and the effect of this method is not bad, they are unwilling to make changes.I have also made such a mistake. When the information station was established, the company decided to use computers for all editing and broadcasting.I was really not used to it at the beginning, because when a new system was just started, because of the immaturity of the system itself, there would always be failures of one kind or another, and everyone was just starting to use it. There are always man-made accidents, especially in the process of catching up with the news. These two factors often cause delays in the broadcast of news.For me, who thinks that the most important thing is that the news is broadcast at the fastest time, it is really difficult to accept.For a period of time, because of constantly urging colleagues in different departments, there was constant friction, which made me feel bad, talked too much, argued too much, and my voice became hoarse for several months.And colleagues in other departments will be cautious when they see me, worried that they will anger me again.

But slowly, everyone became familiar with and got used to this system, and the entire operation process became smoother over time.Many of the benefits of this system are emerging, and people have also used many compromises to fill in some defects that this system cannot do or may slow down. My boss asked me how I feel about how this works now, and I said yes, and then he would smile tolerantly and say to me, you don’t remember how you didn’t accept it when you first started ?I was reminded by him that I had to reflect on myself. I think it takes time to accept changes, and different people accept them at different speeds. We need to give everyone time.In fact, as long as you look back after a period of time, you can see the benefits of the changes.

About change (2) Changes in working methods are relatively technical, and how to deal with changes in the working environment is much more difficult.After graduating from university and starting to work now, after counting, I have changed six or seven jobs. Just after I came to Hong Kong, I entered the TV industry. In just one and a half years, I changed three TV stations.The first one worked for three months, and the second one was longer, one year and three months, but the big reason was that during the working period, I was pregnant and I didn’t want to move, and the company couldn’t move me according to labor laws. , the third is Phoenix, and I have been working until now.

The main reason for constantly changing jobs is that I feel that the original place is not suitable for me, so I decide to leave.But in a new environment, we need to face, including different company culture, different working methods, and different colleagues who work together. I am a person with relatively strong adaptability, and I can quickly start working in a new place. My trick is to treat myself as a newcomer starting from scratch wherever I go.If you ask others for more advice and admit that you know less than others, you will definitely not let yourself suffer, but you will be able to get help from many new colleagues.I still remember that on the first day I went to work in the second company, I was really a little nervous when I walked into the office, because everyone seemed very busy in their seats. After the boss introduced me to my superior, Turn around and throw me in this strange office.At this time, I don't even know where my seat is.My boss pointed me to a random place and asked me to sit there.Just sitting down, the colleague opposite raised his head and said, don't touch anything on this table, the owner is not here, and then you will know what a troublesome person she is.After hearing this sentence, I don't even know where my hands should be placed.Fortunately, it was already lunch time, a beautiful little girl came over with a bright smile and said, let's go to eat together, just to tell you how to get to the cafeteria.I still remember this smiling face. Now we are good friends and good colleagues. Her name is Zhou Jiahong, Belle, and she was an intern at that time.

Many times you will find that in an organization or group, there is always a kind and centripetal person who is born with the ability to bring everyone together and at the same time bring strangers into the group. Belle has such ability.Over one lunch, she has helped me meet almost all the new colleagues I will be working with. The next thing is to let my new colleagues realize how capable I am at work.And these cannot be known by self-introduction.Fortunately, my job is a job that sees results quickly. After dinner, a senior editor gave me a foreign translation. I still remember that she said, take your time. Cold and very hopeless.After I spent five minutes typing up the manuscript on the computer and showing it to her, she didn't say anything, but her smile became friendly immediately.

To gain the respect of colleagues at work, this cannot be obtained by smiling and being good at dealing with people.Nor is it obtained by relying on the background of being introduced by someone.The true respect of your colleagues comes from the recognition of your work ability.In Cantonese, it is to make everyone feel that this is a person who has expected. In many cases, after leaving the company for a period of time, when I return to the company, I will find that the company has undergone many changes.We often joke on the way of business trips that when we return to the company, we still don’t know if our desk is still there.Or those colleagues who still don't know me. I have also encountered such a thing.That was after returning from Afghanistan at the end of 2001.I went on a business trip for more than a month, then went to Beijing to edit the film for half a month, and returned to the company after two months.It turned out that the program had been adjusted. One of the two programs I hosted had been cut off, and the other was hosted by someone else.Suddenly from the very busy state in the past to doing nothing, I feel a little uncomfortable in my heart.This society is quite realistic, the show is gone, and some people's attitude towards me has also changed. Moreover, the company was undergoing structural adjustments, and one of my subordinates was laid off, and the reason for her layoff was not because of her poor job performance.It was really hard for me to accept, and that's when I dyed my hair and cut it very short.I didn't know how to express my dissatisfaction, so I ended up using this way.However, after changing the image, I feel better in my heart.Anyway, it has become like this, and I have no ability to change it back. What I can do is to do the work I should do well.As for the indifference of some people, my principle is that as long as the interests of myself and my department are not really violated, then it has nothing to do with me. In 1995, immigrated to Hong Kong.This is a completely different feeling than when you come to Hong Kong as a tourist.Because from the moment I stepped through Luohu Customs, this is my home and everything I have. Unlike Shenzhen in 1992, Hong Kong is essentially a completely different place from where I lived and grew up. I still remember that one night a few months after I arrived in Hong Kong, I came home from the evening shift and walked in the alley downstairs. Two plainclothes policemen said to me very politely, miss, can you show me Look at your ID card.When the police check the identity card, they usually suspect that the other party is not a Hong Kong citizen or a stowaway.Since that time and the only time until now, when I walk on the streets of Hong Kong, as long as I see the police coming towards me, I always feel a little guilty in my heart, although since that time, I have never had such an experience . There are a lot of details to get used to. You must queue up when you take the bus or the subway. Don’t speak loudly in public. When you get on and off the elevator, you need to develop the habit of Hong Kong people going up and down. It is quite abrupt, and others will look at themselves with the kind of "this person must be a new immigrant". About changes (3) New immigrant is a name that I have memorized for many years after I arrived in Hong Kong. Although Hong Kong is an open city, I always feel that I have a different perspective on new immigrants from the mainland than on new immigrants from other places.When I go to the store to buy things, I can hear the accent in my Cantonese, and the salesperson will always ask, are you from Taiwan? But I like this change, because Hong Kong is a fair place, where there are rules for everything.If many of the changes a person faces are good, that is really a very lucky thing.Because following these changes, I can also change for the better. In 2004, under the arrangement of the company, I began to reside in Beijing.Although I grew up in the Mainland, I have no working experience in the Mainland working environment.The time in Shenzhen is too short, and Shenzhen in the 1990s was a different place from mainland cities, and I spent most of my time in multinational companies. I came to Beijing on the last day of 2003. Although I often have to go to Beijing because of work, it is the first time that I really want to stay in this city for a while.In fact, since arriving in Hong Kong, my living environment has not changed much.But this time, the changes are really big. Sitting in the hotel room with a suitcase full of luggage, what I keep thinking in my mind is, what will my life be like in the new year? Later, when I talked with my friends about the first week of my arrival in Beijing, I said that I felt like I had been in Beijing for two or three months.Slowly, though, time began to normalize. Now, I have begun to get used to life in Beijing.Knowing the traffic conditions in Beijing, I can easily calculate the time for each interview, how long it will take to get from one place to another, and if you are in a hurry, know which hotel has the fastest broadband.I also know where there are Hong Kong-style tea restaurants that I am used to. Not only do I go by myself, but I always encourage my colleagues in Beijing to try our Hong Kong food. However, it takes longer to adapt to the working environment in Beijing.Until now, I seldom go back to the office in Beijing, because the atmosphere of the whole office is too different from that in Hong Kong.So I would rather interview outside every day.What I must do when I return to Hong Kong is to return to the office. The most important thing is to return to the familiar working environment, feel the working atmosphere, and remind myself not to be changed just because I came to Beijing.Because good things need to spend some time and energy to keep them well. However, because I understand that Beijing and Hong Kong are definitely different, when dealing with many problems, I will not use the standards and requirements in Hong Kong, and at the same time, I must learn the methods that must be used here.For example, how to deal with different government departments, the procedures used in Beijing are completely different from those in Hong Kong, there is no distinction between good and bad, because if you go to the United States or other countries, you must use the local way to work. This is the minimum to adapt to. s things. Many people ask me what I will do in the future, and I say that I can't even tell where I will be in the future, because we live in an era full of changes.Our parents, maybe when they come out of school and start working, they already know where they will be in their lifetime, but we are different.Because we have more opportunities and more room for choice.What we have to do is to learn how to deal with and adapt to the emergence of changes.