Chapter 23 Chapter Twenty-Three

At 2:25 p.m. that day, Dai Xi hurried to West Bank Chemical.After reporting her name, the front desk let her into a small reception room.Before Dai Xi sat down, Zhu Mingming pushed the door open and entered.Dai Xi thought that this was the interviewer, so she quickly got up and smiled at him, but she received a look that wanted to cut her into pieces.Zhu Mingming stood straight by the door and said with a stern face: "Miss Dai Xi, the interviewer for you today is the president of our company's Greater China region. Let me remind you that he is very busy and very strict. Be careful what you say. In addition, he has been working since six o'clock in the morning and has no time to rest, so your interview must be limited to ten minutes!"

Dai Xi was dumbfounded and almost wanted to run away, but Zhu Mingming had already led her inside.When he came to Li Weilian's office, Zhu Mingming pushed open the door and said, "Here she is!" Right behind Dai Xi, he closed the door with a "bang!" The man standing in front of the window turned towards her and greeted with a smile: "Hi, Miss Dai. We meet again." "Hello." Dai Xi also smiled at him, she immediately recognized Li Weilian, her heart was full of curiosity about him, and the nervousness and confusion just now disappeared together with Zhu Mingming's disappearance.

"Please sit down." Li Weilian signaled Dai Xi to sit down, and asked casually, "Did the police ever trouble you after that?" "The police are bothering me? Why?" Dai Xi thought of what Tong Xiao had said about Li Weilian, and quickly shook her head, "They never looked for me. Huh? Did they look for you?" "nor." "Oh!" Li Weilian looked at the computer screen at hand: "Miss Dai, are you looking for a job?" Dai Xi nodded, she began to wonder, what is the situation?Meng Feiyang just sent her resume to Zhang Naichi, hoping that the other party can help introduce the job of personnel affairs. Before stepping into this door, she never expected to meet Li Weilian - a personnel assistant who needs to trouble the president to personally Interview?

"Daisy, do you have an English name?" "Me?" Dai Xi was surprised, "I didn't. When I was in America, I only used Chinese names." "Well, that's okay, your Chinese name is similar to your English name." Dai Xi blinked: "Aren't you too?" Only then did she realize that Li Weilian had been talking to her in English since she entered the door. Li Weilian was taken aback for a moment, then smiled: "Yes, you are right." Dai Xi lowered her eyelids, she had been staring at him just now, now she felt a little embarrassed, but secretly happy, at least this time she could see Li Weilian's appearance clearly.

Li Weilian looked at Dai Xilai instead, and began to get to the point: "Daixi, you majored in psychology in the United States, and your professor is very famous. I've heard of him—Professor Higgins from Stanford University. But As far as I know, his students are PhD students, right?" "Yes, I was also his doctoral student before." "Then why did you interrupt your studies?" Dai Xi frowned, this was the last question she wanted to answer.Unexpectedly, Li Wei directly mentioned this without asking anything else. She took a breath, raised her head and said, "I lost confidence in becoming a psychologist, so I decided to give up."

"Why did you lose confidence? Judging from Professor Higgins' recommendation letter, he has a very high opinion of you. I can even see that he regrets your interruption of your studies." Dai Xi could clearly feel his deep scrutiny. She felt that there was no need to say nonsense words to prevaricate, so she directly met his gaze: "The professor appreciates my objective conditions, but to be an excellent Psychologist, I think the most important thing is my heart. I am not ready, just like this, it will be very complicated to explain... So, I can only answer your question to this extent, sorry."

He looked at her quietly for a while and said, "Okay. I have no other questions. What about you, what do you want to ask me?" Dai Xi was stunned. What can I ask you?She thought, there are so many... For example, do you really know Yuan Jia? In the autumn of 1981, why did you give up the college entrance examination?And why go to "Yi Garden"?What are you and Yuan Bohan arguing about?Did his death have anything to do with you?Why do you still maintain a close relationship with Qiu Wenyue who falsely accused you after more than 20 years?Why have you been staying near the "Yi Garden" all these years?Also, I guess you and Mr. Yuan Bohan were arguing in English that morning, right?And, how did you learn English with beautiful pronunciation and well-worded words in that closed era in China, which sounds so elegant...

Uh, she came to her senses, and shook her head towards Li Weilian with a blushing face: "I don't have any questions for you either." Li Weilian leaned back in his chair: "Then the interview is over." "So fast!" Dai Xi breathed out, "It really didn't take more than ten minutes." "Ten minutes, what do you mean?" "Well, the manager who brought me in just now said that my interview is not allowed to exceed ten minutes." Li Weilian raised his eyebrows slightly: "Is that what she said?" He smiled, "Then we have to spend more than ten minutes. However, I really don't have any questions to ask, so you should think of some questions. In your class, you should Including questioning skills?"

Dai Xi said: "I learned to ask questions, but that is different from the current situation." "What's the difference?" Li Weilian looked at Dai Xi meaningfully, "You treat me as a mental patient who came to consult, so you can ask questions?" Dai Xi shook his head solemnly: "No, the necessary trust has not been established between us." "What is the required trust?" "That is... the trust of the consultant in the expert; the trust of the patient in the doctor; the trust of the friend in the friend." Li Weilian stared at Dai Xi suddenly with a brand new thing, like uneasiness and touch.He was silent for a while, and then asked again: "If there is no trust, what is there between you and me now?"

Dai Xi thought for a while: "It must be suspicion." "What doubts?" Dai Xi plucked up the courage to answer: "It's the president's doubts about the applicant." Li Weilian stared at Dai Xi for several seconds, then burst out laughing loudly, and asked while laughing, "Could it be that you trust me and I doubt you?" "Of course not!" Dai Xi went all out, "Trust is mutual, suspicion is mutual!" "Okay, okay." Li Weilian managed to stop laughing, "But I don't have any doubts about you now." "You mean I passed the interview?" "Yes." Li Weilian regained his serious expression, but his eyes were very gentle, "If you have no other questions, come to work next Monday."

Zhu Mingming gritted his teeth and watched Dai Xi leave. It took twenty minutes!The phone on her desk rang immediately, and Li Weilian called her over. "Daisy passed my interview, you can arrange the entry process for her now, I want her to come to work next Monday." Li Wei said without even raising his head. Zhu Mingming sighed, and put the paper bag in his hand on Li Weilian's table: "Sandwiches and coffee, you can eat some." "Thank you." He still buried his head in front of the computer. Zhu Mingming waited and asked, "The position is the personnel assistant? What about the salary? How much did you promise to give her?" Li Weilian raised his head abruptly: "Oh, I forgot to discuss salary with her." Zhu Mingming sighed again, for a full twenty minutes... She said in a low voice, "Her resume has an expected salary of 4,000 a month, do you think it's okay?" "Four thousand? So little..." Li Weilian frowned and thought for a while, "Just give her ten thousand." "Ten thousand?!" Zhu Mingming exclaimed, "Isn't that okay? She didn't even get a master's degree, and besides, the level of personnel assistant can't reach the monthly salary of ten thousand. Doing so doesn't conform to the company's rules." Li Weilian looked at Zhu Mingming: "My word is the rule. Whatever level can reach a monthly salary of 10,000, you can find a way to put Dai Xi at that level, otherwise, what do I want you to do as the HR director?" Zhu Mingming was so angry that he couldn't speak, he turned around fiercely, and walked out. "etc." She had no choice but to stop again, turned around and waited for Li Weilian to speak. He said slowly: "Give her a monthly salary of 15,000, and the level is up to you." Zhu Mingming's lungs were about to explode! "I know, he doesn't love me...he doesn't love me, he is not serious when he speaks, and he is too attentive when he is silent..." Karen Mok's singing is lazy and cold, which perfectly sets off the smoke in the bar.It's past ten o'clock in the evening, and the place is still relatively deserted, probably because of the relatively high price. Zhang Naichi and Zhu Mingming sat side by side on the bar, he seemed to be in a good mood, drank the whiskey in front of him in one gulp, and the boy at the bar was very obedient and replaced him with a new glass.The bottle of Macallan next to them was half empty. "Let me tell you it's not bad here, old songs, quiet, more suitable for the elderly like us." Zhang Naichi said to Zhu Mingming.Zhu Ming understood him with a glance, and Zhang Naichi raised his glass to her with a smile: "Oh, it's an old man like me, and you are still a young girl!" "Richard!" Two tall girls walked behind them arm in arm. Their petite and delicate faces looked like models.Zhang Naichi nodded to them. The girls walked by and turned their heads frequently, winking at Zhang Naichi. He is really handsome. movie star.His appearance is indeed impeccable, so he can afford to lament his aging from time to time.In fact, Zhang Naichi is not old at all, he is in his early forties with the appearance of his early thirties. Zhu Mingming drank some wine, her eyelids were a little red, and she looked much more beautiful than usual. She threw the wine glass in her hand on the bar and said angrily, "Why! Why doesn't he like me!" Zhang Naichi was taken aback by her, and couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "My dear Maggie, why are you doing this? How many times have I told you, don't ask for trouble anymore." Zhu Mingming lowered his head, his fair breasts undulating under the wrap of the beige dress. Zhang Naichi's eyes slid from her face to her chest, and then back to her face, and then asked with a smile, "He's gone?" "Let's go, the evening flight to Beijing..." Zhu Mingming said with blurred eyes, "and then Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Singapore, and I won't see him for more than half a month." "Tsk tsk, how infatuated!" Zhang Naichi shook his head, "Don't worry, someone will take care of him along the way." Zhu Mingming's face was sour: "Really? There are lovers everywhere?" "Hehe, as far as I know, there are at least three or four of them in Beijing." Zhang Naichi pondered for a while, "However, I don't know how to use the word lover, I would say sexual partner." "Is there a difference?" "Of course there is. Lovers, there is still some affection between each other, and the only sexual partner is sex." "Is he affectionate too?" Zhu Mingming's voice was full of resentment, and Zhang Naichi glanced at her attentively: "Why not? I have to be fair, he is not only affectionate, but also a bit abusive in my opinion." I'm in love." Zhu Mingming hummed: "It's not promiscuity, it's promiscuity!" "Ah?" Zhang Naichi was taken aback for a moment, and then he burst out laughing, "Haha, yes, yes, both promiscuity and promiscuity, both, civil and military!" Maybe he felt that he had said a very level joke, he He took several sips of whiskey proudly. Zhu Mingming said contemptuously: "I'm so busy and have to do this all day, I'm not afraid of making mistakes!" Zhang Naichi smiled all over his face: "Li Weilian is a man who can live without his life, but a woman can't live without him for a moment. That's how he is." "But he just doesn't want me..." Zhu Mingming suddenly became depressed again. "Oh! Why are you here again! Rabbits don't eat grass by the side of their nests, this is his principle. When did you see him provoke people in the company?" Zhu Mingming's eyes widened, and now her entire eye circles are red, as if she just cried: "Then why did he force me to bring that Dai Xi in? Do you know what I was doing all afternoon? I'm trying my best to put Dai Xi at the level of m6, and I need to go through special approval, just because our President Li wants to give her a monthly salary of 15,000! Why does she have it?!" Zhang Naichi suddenly straightened his body: "Really?! Did he really attack? So fast, it really is Li Weilian's efficiency..." He stopped thinking thoughtfully.But Zhu Mingming stretched out his hands, grabbed his collar, and shook it vigorously: "Say! Tell me! What's going on with this Dai Xi? Why do you both have her resume?" "You, you let go!" Zhang Naichi pulled Zhu Mingming's hand off forcefully, "What's wrong with you! Dai Xi, isn't it her boyfriend who asked me to introduce a job for her. I'll transfer her resume to It's for William..." He straightened the messy tie just before the shiny mirror of the silver ice bucket in front of him: "It seems that I know him best, I knew he would be tempted." "But I really don't see what's so good about her!" "Ah? Haha, don't you think she looks so pure?" Zhang Naichi laughed. "Bah! Now there is nothing pure! It's all fake, pretending to be pure, pure ass!" Zhu Mingming was so angry that he was incoherent. Zhang Naichi put his arms around her shoulders comfortingly: "I'm just kidding you. Hehe, it's actually because, when I first saw Dai Xi, I found that she could remind me of the past... arouse a lot of memories, you know Yes, William, he's a very nostalgic guy." "The past?" Zhu Mingming was thinking, and suddenly stared at Zhang Naichi, "Do you and William have a common past? What kind of past? Can you tell me about it? Hmm?" Zhang Naichi showed an embarrassed expression: "It's nothing...you won't be interested." Zhu Mingming followed closely: "How do you know I'm not interested! Huh, richard, I'm actually very interested in the relationship between you and William, especially the way he treats you. Sometimes I think he cares about you so much , I think of you everywhere, but sometimes I feel that he treats you like a dog, and he can spoil you as much as he wants... Dear richard, can you satisfy my curiosity and explain to me what's going on? What's the matter?" Zhang Naichi was obviously poked at a sore spot, his expression changed suddenly, he held his wine glass tightly and did not speak, but Zhu Mingming refused to let him go: "By the way, when I was preparing Dai Xi's entry materials this afternoon, you know I remembered What?...I think of you, richard! When I was just promoted to HR Director of Greater China, my ex-Julia told me a secret. The secret of our company is the secret about your entry! Do you want to hear it? Did she say anything to me?" Zhang Naichi stared at Zhu Mingming in horror, and the hand holding the wine glass began to tremble slightly: "...what?" This time it was Zhu Mingming's turn to make a conciliatory expression: "Don't be nervous. Julia and I both admire William, and I'm not afraid to admit it. So of course we won't demolish him, not to mention that it's all in the past. For many years, Julia told me that, that is, in case someone brings up the old story again, our personnel department can know how to deal with it, how to support William and you. Don't worry, I will always stand by your side..." Zhang Naichi gave her a smile that was uglier than crying: "What the hell do you know?" Zhu Mingming leaned in front of Zhang Naichi, lowered his voice and said, "Richard, you were recommended by William to join West Bund Chemical in 1991, right? At that time, because of you, William caused a lot of trouble in the company. Actually, that At that time, he had only been in West Bund Chemical for 3 years. Although he had already shown his talents and was highly valued by the company, his position was only the first sales general manager of the newly established Chinese branch of West Bund Chemical, and he was still working hard to prove himself. But under such a background, for you, he actually confronted the HR Director of the Far East Region at that time, complained to the Far East Headquarters that the HR Director had discrimination and prejudice, and refused to accept you who had obvious advantages in work experience and academic qualifications. To hire another candidate, because that person is a Hongkonger who was educated in the UK. And the personnel director claimed that william violated the company's regulations in many procedures of hiring you, and did not seriously interview the first-choice candidate provided by the personnel department , to keep you from more than a dozen applicants whose qualifications and academic qualifications are far superior to yours. Although Li Weilian did not fully communicate with the HR director during the process of hiring Zhang Naichi, which caused some misunderstandings, given Li Weilian's deep understanding of the Chinese market and his good record of hiring department personnel, we believe that he must have good reasons for hiring Zhang Naichi this time. In this way, this incident, which was full of turmoil at the beginning, ended in your victory. Julia especially told me that if Alex, the president of the Far East Region at the time, hadn't appreciated William and supported him, not only would you not be able to enter West Bund Chemical, maybe even William will be eliminated with you. Am I right about this process?" Zhang Naichi swallowed a big gulp of wine, and barely heard a "yes..." Zhu Mingming stared at him, with a more inscrutable expression on his face: "But these are all public, Julia told me that's not the secret, she told me that the HR Director of the Far East Region at that time lost the battle She was very angry. She instructed Julia to continue to track down your qualifications, and the results of Julia's verification were astonishing..." Zhu Mingming put his lips next to Zhang Naichi's ear: "She said that your work experience, education and even your identity, It's all fake!" Zhang Naichi's entire face was tense, but he didn't express anything, just staring at the wine glass in front of him.