Chapter 8: The Farewell Banquet
In the next few days, Yin Jie did a thorough combing of the work at hand, all business cards were classified and archived, and all customers were also reorganized and graded. Under the instruction of Xu Wenli, she worked with Fan Zheqin and Cui Yong to draft the new company's employee management manual, performance appraisal management system, salary management system, and employee career planning training module. So far, although the name of the small company has not even been finalized, the framework has been initially put in place thanks to the concerted efforts of several people. Xu Wenli almost delegated the leadership of these tasks to Yin Jie, and she ran funds outside all day long, or continued to quarrel with the CEOs of several other business divisions of the original company to grab resources. It's just that the hour from 6 pm to 7 pm every day is fixed as the meeting time between her and Yin Jie to listen to Yin Jie's report, and if necessary, Yin Jie will also bring Fan Zheqin or Cui Yong over to participate together.
Everyone in the company has seen Wen Li's special trust in Yin Jie, and many people are secretly jealous of her "favor" for Yin Jie, and some people are mysteriously spreading gossip, such as Yin Jie is actually Wen Li's aunt and cousin, or Yin Jie actually has another powerful background, and is about to inject capital and become the company's No. 2 person,...。 All kinds of news came one after another, and even Professor Chen and Yin Jie of the Foreign Affairs University vaguely congratulated her on her upcoming promotion when they were on the phone...
In addition to being busy, Yin Jie can't help but worry that once the news of her resignation and going elsewhere is announced, the company's internal and even customer groups may have more doubts and bad reviews about Yin Jie.
She is a person who cares about feathers. She planned with all her heart and worked tirelessly to do these things, not only because of a trace of guilt for Xu Wenli, but also because she hoped to end this work journey perfectly and leave a good reputation in this industry. Even if she leaves, Miss Yin hopes that her back is still beautiful. She doesn't want to be misunderstood as "ignorant of lifting", "unkind", "brave to climb high branches"... of people.
But how can this problem be resolved?
At noon on this day, Xu Wenli announced that everyone would have dinner together at "Songfeng" in the evening.
This is really unusual.
"Matsukaze" is the number one Japanese restaurant in the imperial capital, specializing in teppanyaki. It is located in the most prosperous Jianwai Street in the imperial capital. Per capita consumption is on the mid-range side. This is contrary to Xu Wenli's principle of hospitality, which has always believed that people from different walks of life should enjoy different levels of consumption. Don't get me wrong, she doesn't mean anything derogatory. According to her logic, a person who is used to eating fried noodles on weekdays, if you ask him to eat French food in a French restaurant in a suit and leather shoes, of course it will make him feel uncomfortable, and he will feel that the amount of cream snails is small and the price is high, and he may also accuse the black-hearted store of making stupid and sweet money. Therefore, Xu Wenli's hospitality principle is that "you only need to raise the daily consumption standard of the hospitality target by one notch" to get a high level of satisfaction from the other party. Of course, she often eats Emei Restaurant with Yin Jie on weekdays, mainly because this is the only decent restaurant near the company.
But on this day, not only did I choose "Matsukaze", but I also chose 800 people to help themselves, but there was no unexpected scene. In fact, Yin Jie thinks that she thinks too much, as long as the taste is basically acceptable, the price is high? If the boss pays for it, what does the high price have to do with the employees?
Sitting around the big teppanyaki table, watching the chef's hands fly up and down, scallops, salmon, snowflake beef and other delicacies are presented one by one with the tempting frying of "Zilazila", and then the chef's shovel is beautifully swiped and pushed the dishes in front of everyone. The most amazing thing is the egg fried rice, which is called a gorgeous atmosphere, and people who watch it are salivating. The eggs on the iron plate are tender and buttery, and the fried rice is well-grained and has a springy texture.
There is also a wide variety of sashimi, sushi, and Japanese side dishes to choose from. Yin Jie's favorite is his family's snail meat cold dishes.
Everyone ate happily in the restaurant, and several young sales and engineers were playing and demonstrating their skills in "stacking" cold food. Even Xu Wenli, who usually has a straight face in front of the staff, is also very interested, puts on a chef's hat, ties an apron very postureously, and walks into the cooking table to make a few Teppanyaki. She also specially fried a steak for Yin Jie. 5 minutes cooked, no meat tendons, the meat juice is fragrant, tender and refreshing, which is exactly the taste that Yin Jie likes.
The beer here is also authentic. Because Xu Wenli brought her own red wine, most people have two glasses of wine on hand, a glass of red wine and a glass of beer. The young male designers may prefer beer, but in front of the red wine brought by the boss, they still look like they like it, and when Xu Wenli's eyes swept over, they picked up the cup and took a sip as if they were sorry and reluctant, and their eyes were empty of the taste of the work.
When the wine was hot, Xu Wenli took off her apron and walked out of the cooking table. Fan Zheqin walked out of the restaurant and walked back again, holding a large bouquet of gorgeous flowers in her hand, including champagne roses, perfume lilies, forget-me-nots, and purple lily of the valley.
Xu Wenli returned to her seat, picked up the spoon and tapped the wine glass.
"Ding Ding Ding"
The commotion gradually subsided.
"We're here today," Xu Wenli cleared her throat, "to see off a friend." ”
Everyone fell completely silent. There was a heavy smell in the air.
Xu Wenli slowly turned to Yin Jie. Fan Zheqin sent the flowers in hand into Yin Jie's arms. Yin Jie stood up a little stiffly, and she looked at Cui Yong and found that he was also looking at herself gently. Suddenly I felt a little sour in my nose.
"We are together today because of Yin Jie. For personal development, she is leaving us for another battle. Yes, I'm talking about the battlefield. Xu Wenli paused.
"First of all, I would like to thank her during her time at North Mingtai, as well as during her time at Qihang Technology... Here, I would like to inform you that the name of the new company has been set as Qihang Technology. That is to say, after leaving Mingtai in the north, everyone, we, are going to set sail again. “
She shifted her voice and returned to the topic.
"On behalf of all of you, especially myself, I would like to thank Miss Yin Jie for her contribution to the company in the past two years. Two years ago, she had never been exposed to IT, she had never been exposed to machine translation. Just two years later, she has contributed more than 10 million revenue to the company, as well as more than a dozen very valuable customers. Some of them have produced or are producing good benefits, and some are about to do so. During my time at North Mingtai, I was very impressed by her sensitivity to high-quality projects and her mature control of each project. That's why I made her a core member of the management team of Qihang Technology. But the other day, she told me that she was leaving, saying that she was not leaving because she was pessimistic about the company's prospects, but because of the exploration of career development. To be honest, I am not reluctant, neither willing to let her leave, nor willing to force her to stay in Qihang to give up her dreams, she is such an idea and so dare to practice a person. ”
She stopped. Then he continued: "Even so, Yin Jie still actively participates in the preparation of Qihang Technology, and she continues to enthusiastically help her colleagues, including me. So, after hard thinking and weighing her career development, I decided to respect her wishes. Her tone was a little condensed, and she took out a small and delicate jewelry box from her bag and opened it, inside was a colorful pendant, hanging from a thin gold chain. She took out the necklace and walked around behind Yin Jie to put it on her. Holding her shoulders, he continued:
"Yin Jie will explore another battlefield and pursue her personal worth. That battlefield is full of unknowns for us. We may no longer have the ability to continue to support her in the future, just like in the previous project, Xiao Ruan, Guo'er, Haizi, the support you gave her, just like Zheqin, Liu Tao, Cui Yong, you gave each other selfless support in your work.
However, we believe that Yin Jie will also reap full of goodwill and success in new fields, just like in Northern Mingtai. Because she is such a kind, positive, and enterprising person. I'm sure she'll be as beautiful as this opal.
Finally, let's raise a glass and wish her success!"
She choked up a little and raised her glass. All of them raised their glasses.
"I wish you success!"
Yin Jie was silent, looking at the pair of eyes in front of her, there was no usual calculation in them, no schadenfreude, some were full of memories, attachment, and maybe some slight jealousy, but she really didn't mind.
She raised her glass as well.
"Working in such a company for two years under such a boss is a very happy thing for me. Because of this, it's really hard to say goodbye. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry to leave at a time like this, but I do think it's a good time to leave, because now that the company is just being built, the team is being integrated, and the new Voyage technology is about to start. "It takes a whole new team to set sail." ”
Several people looked understanding.
"A new team will have difficulties, but the possibilities are endless. ”
She raised her glass, drew an arc, and turned to Xu Wenli.
"Here, Yin Jie sincerely wishes that under the leadership of Mr. Wen Li, God will block and kill God, Buddha will block and kill Buddha, and in the machine translation industry, a bright future will be killed!"
She looked up with a beautiful face, but said such murderous words. Everyone paused for a moment, and then responded violently.
"Fight for the Future!"
There was a burst of laughter. The atmosphere is starting to heat up again.
Zhang Linlin squeezed to Yin Jie's side and said one by one, "Sister Yin, why don't you tell me if you want to leave?"
Yin Jie quickly picked up Zhang Linlin's chopsticks and picked up a piece of eel and sent it to her mouth. "Okay, okay, don't be wronged, I can't do it. ”
"Then Sister Yin, in the future, you will also help me obliquely when you go to the new unit, and you must notify me of a suitable position. ”
"You actually asked me to dig into the corner of Mr. Wenli's wall?! I don't dare!" Yin Jie shrank back and deliberately shivered.
Zhang Linlin immediately began to be coquettish.
Xu Wenli slowly shook the red wine glass in her hand and watched the interaction between Yin Jie and the other employees. A smile tugged at the corner of her mouth, and a wave of regret welled up in her heart again. Fan Zheqin has a cannon temperament, Cui Yong is too honest, and as soon as Yin Jie leaves, there is no one to discuss in case of trouble.
"Mr. Xu, I toast you. ”
She turned her eyes and saw that it was Guo'er.
The girl's eyes were full of concern, and there was a little bit of understanding. She raised the red wine in her glass and touched it with the fruit, and drank it all. I drank a little more quickly and coughed a few times. Guo'er immediately picked up a napkin to help her wipe the red wine drops that her cough had choked on the back of her hand. She smiled and withdrew her hand.
"Guo'er, come early tomorrow. Wait for me at the office at 8:30. ”
Guo'er nodded with joy and helped her refill a glass of red wine.
Xu Wenli sat down and continued to observe the noisy employees. Yin Jie was surrounded by several people chattering, and a few male employees squeezed over to toast. It's also said that in the blink of an eye, they went their separate ways, and they didn't dare to force her to drink on weekdays, and if they didn't drink now, they might not have a chance again.
She found Lin Chong standing a little farther away looking at her. Seeing her coming, Lin Chong raised the wine glass in his hand to her. She also raised her glass and took a shallow sip.
Late at night, Yin Jie waved goodbye to everyone and got into a taxi. In the car, she recalled the bits and pieces of tonight's banquet, recalling the past years, with tears in her eyes and a sweet smile on the corner of her mouth.
Wiping away the tears that slipped quietly, she smiled and flipped through her phone, and as expected, she found n text messages from her husband.
"Is it over?"
"When is it over?"
"What's going on? I don't answer the phone, is it muted again? Call back, I'm worried"
... ...
The next day, Yin Jie received a notice from Xu Wenli that the work at hand was divided into two and handed over to Guo'er and Lin Chong respectively. She realized that the assessment for the position had begun. Although Guo'er has a slight advantage under her recommendation, it can also be seen that Xu Wenli is now very careful about selecting people and fixing posts.
That's fine. She thought silently, not going to do anything superfluous.
The next period of time passed without incidents. Yin Jie handed over step by step. He also gradually withdrew from the design of the internal control system of Qihang Technology and slowly narrowed the scope of his work. The farewell banquet has been held, and then mixed with the core deployment of the old club is a typical lack of knowledge.
She had already gone to LS to sign a series of documents, including a labor contract, and had also received information related to the November event. This is the last period of time in Qihang Technology, she restrained her reluctance in her heart, lifted all her spirit, and ensured that every link of the handover was completed perfectly. But the contraction of work still leaves a lot of time for her, who has always been busy, and she has already made preliminary plans for the November event. As for the specific implementation design, it involves the operating specifications of the new owner, which needs to be carefully discussed and decided with the boss and the LS Swiss team after joining the company.
In her spare time, she also looks back on the ups and downs of her two-year experience. Far away from his hometown to work hard in the imperial capital, from a government worker who has mastered resources and everyone compliments him, he has become an ordinary unemployed person in a short period of time, and he has to send resumes everywhere and bear the criticism of various strange enterprises,... ... At that time, the huge gap and frustration were not difficult for the parties to really understand.
Out of affection for her husband and her character of not admitting defeat, she chose to be tough.
Two years later, this report card tells her that she made the right choice and did a good job.
On September 20, Yin Jie, who had completely completed the handover of work, walked out of the small building in the evening. She looked back at the blue brick building against the backdrop of the gorgeous sunset, and told herself with great certainty that this stage could come to an end.