Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Savior Is Coming
On December 29, 2003, this time is easy to remember, the gregorian birthday of President Fu of Luyuan Automobile Group Company.
Some things have to be remembered by association. Just like our high school history teacher, he asked us who knows the date of birth of Ma KS?
May 5, 1818!
"Hahaha! It's very simple, as soon as Ma KS was born, he slapped the capitalists and cried with a slap. Elder Gao smiled smugly.
According to the company's unwritten rules, on this day, all 15 subsidiaries and departments of the company's headquarters will hold sports meets, including 100-meter and 400-meter sprints and shot put events in the morning, and tug-of-war competitions in the afternoon. There will also be a theatrical performance in the evening.
I have always been very supportive of the group activities organized by the company, and I have always actively participated in them. These activities can not only enhance the sense of teamwork of employees, but also stimulate everyone's sense of collective pride, and also enrich the spare time life of colleagues (training and rehearsal start two months in advance, using spare time).
Very good thing!
However, when I linked the event to the birthday of the company's founder, and the rehearsal program had the flavor of singing praises no matter how I looked at it, I felt that it had changed its taste.
Unable to stand Mr. Wu's pleading, I chose 400 meters and tug-of-war. However, for his proposal for a carol-style poetry recitation by the three members of the team, he resolutely refused on the grounds that Mandarin was not good (he asked Manager Hua to make up for it).
Originally, my buddy said cross talk and won awards in the university art show, but when I thought of celebrating someone's birthday, I often said with inferiority, I am an idiot in literature and art, I envy you literary and artistic youth!
I only participated in the chorus of 21 people in the subsidiary (1 person led the chorus, the factory flower of our Pudu Company, and Yu Jingxiang, a little beauty), and I took the role of Mr. Nan Guo very seriously until the end of that chorus.
That morning, the sun was shining, although the winter sea breeze was still biting, but in the track and field track of Pudu District 212 (buddy's birthday is February 12th, there has been an off-road vehicle is also famous in recent years, Yanjing Jeep 212, Bo is, not like Boss Goose who forced readers to remember Brother's birthday, because Brother is a legend!) on the track and field, but it was steaming.
Athletes who do warm-up activities have long since taken off their thick down jackets, put on shorts and vests, and jogged in laps and circles.
The beautiful sales beauties of the whole company are surrounded by the men, shouting and greeting, and from time to time providing various sports drinks;
On the high platform, there are 8 members of our president and the leadership team of the head office. Occasionally, they whispered, but more often than not, they shrewdly looked sideways at President Fu, the founder of the Luyuan Group, in the middle, for fear of missing his old man's latest speech.
It's cold in the heights!
Ten minutes before the 400m heats, I wore an orange Tiange down jacket (a brand from my hometown), smoked a cigarette, and walked leisurely to the competition venue.
"Manager Liu", Hua Jingyi of the sales department was wearing a pink down jacket and complained: "Why did you come?"
"Yes, Brother Liu". Yu Shizuka was wearing a violet tweed coat and asked with a smile, "Are you confident?"
After receiving the Wang Laoji drink she handed over (this is a conscientious national enterprise, a few years later the Wenhe earthquake donated cash of 100 million yuan), I smiled faintly: "Chengzhu is not, there is still a little soy sauce!"
"Huh?" both beauties couldn't react for a moment. One looked confused, the other flashed spiritually.
"I mean: I'm here to make soy sauce!" I said seriously.
"Hehehe. "The beauties were amused. The smile is really beautiful, like a plum blossom in winter.
"Yes, I can't come, Mr. Wu and his old man have to call me. "I complained half-truthfully, and asked me to take the lead, saying that no one in the whole company team had participated in a track and field competition.
"Hahaha, Brother Liu is so funny. Hua Meinu asked very seriously: "Mr. Wu seems to be a few years younger than you, why do you call him an old man?"
"Men like to pretend to be mature!" I replied happily, "It's like you beautiful women want others to compliment you on being 18 forever." And the most amazing thing is: I keep asking over and over again, really, really?
"Hehehe. ”
Words are not speculative, women either choke you with a sentence or fool you with the interjection of "um, oh, ah, ah". But once it comes to the heart, they only have "hehe".
"Alright, buddy, it's time to warm up!" I took off my down jacket and handed it to Yu Shizuka, revealing my blue vest. He also instructed the two of them to turn their backs, take off their trousers (wearing big shorts) and hand them to Hua Jingyi, and then started jogging.
"Mother, it's so cold!" After a shudder, I gradually adjusted to the change in temperature, like a frog in warm water that was gradually heated and confused.
After a lap, I went back to the starting point.
I saw two beautiful women holding my clothes from a distance, and their faces were a little red from the cold, and my heart was hot.
Smiling at them, I pretended to be angry and said, "Put your clothes on the ground, see how cold your hands are! ”
"Okay!" After they put their clothes on the stool by the runway, Hua Jingyi handed me a drink, and Yu Jingxiang wanted to help me beat my legs.
"Pull it down, Comrade Xiaoyu", I rubbed my hands and said, "I'm not a landlord and an old man. Besides, my salary is not as high as yours, so we can't afford to hire such a beautiful maid. ”
"Brother Liu, you are so humorous. The little girl's face turned even redder.
"It's okay, you guys go check out the rest of our Purdue. Winning glory for the factory is all pointing at them, and the old man is just talking about juvenile madness. Otherwise, I'll be very big in Yali Mountain!" I said, putting on my down jacket.
"Hahaha, that's funny, brother!" the two beauties laughed as they walked to the Pudu athletes in the first group of competitions.
In the 400m preliminaries, 16 teams, each team of 4 people, divided into 8 groups, ranked from high to low, the top 8 participated in the final held half an hour after the end of the preliminaries.
Unfortunately, the buddies drew lots to the last group, and according to the average speed of 55 seconds and the interval between each group, it would be about 15 or 6 minutes later.
Seeing that the other contestants were muscular and had thick thighs, Mr. Wu was a little worried about my results, because although my buddy was well-proportioned and athletic, he was not a developed country after all!
"Hahaha, don't worry, friendship first, competition second!" I smiled and comforted him.
"Yes, anyway, you are just making a gesture, after all, after so many years, no one at all levels has participated. "Mr. Wu excused me.
"And you're still catching ducks on the shelves?" I pretended.
"Aren't you a newcomer! Besides, I also want you to show your face in front of the head office leaders to deepen your impression. Mr. Wu said sincerely.
"Okay, I'm going to take U!" I had to pretend to understand.
"It's an exciting time!" the commentator of the head office took up his post, "The men's 400m preliminaries are about to start, and I hope that the athletes of each company will compete in style and level." Come on!"
While the athletes' march was playing, the starter's gun went off.
A quick summary of the situation before I came on the field: all three of our Purdue players were eliminated in the first seven rounds, and the best one is currently in 17th place.
Avoided the company's people, men and women. I pressed my leg in a corner and raised my hands up.
Before the game, I don't want to say to them: I'm not nervous.
The starting gun went off, and because it was the preliminaries, I didn't want to exhaust my energy at once.
In the first 100 meters, my position was about 4 or 5 in the group, and when I ran the second 100 meters, I saw Mr. Wu shaking his head.
When the third 100 meters were almost over, I suddenly saw the inside of the sports field, and Yu Shizuka waved her hand desperately. I thought something was going on, so I slowed down a bit, and when I got to the front, I heard her shouting, "Run! Brother Liu." ”
Years later, I still vividly remember the anxious gaze of the purple girl, her clear eyes, her red face, and the beautifully shaped heat from her mouth in the winter sun.
"Howler!"
Because not everyone was racing together, and I didn't know the results of the others, I had to rush for time according to my own estimates.
Now it's time again for me to run away from the desert when I was a kid.
Instructions from the brain are quickly transmitted to the limbs, with medium-amplitude strides and rhythmic hand waves. After a breath of real air, like a galloping horse, or like a jeep cross-country, I quickly overtook those buddies who had accelerated for the first 300 meters and were now barely breathing.
The moment I crossed the line, my chest was raised high, standard and standardized.
The end result was predictable and I made it to the final in 7th place.
Ignoring Mr. Wu's bickering with other companies, I smoked lightly, then looked at the results of the preliminaries, and pulled my legs again, okay.
"Brother Liu, you can really do it. Hua Jingyi and Yu Jingxiang came over deliberately with a look of adoration.
"Man, you can't say no!" Some people are modest on the surface, but they don't know what they are thinking in their hearts?
"By the way, Xiaoyu", I said to the girl in purple, "I thought you had something to do just now, and you waved." "I thought to myself, if you have something, buddy is to quit the game, and you have to ------ first
"Hehehe. ”
"This, this, little ghost", I said in a puffed tone, "Don't interfere with the chief's running in the future!"
"Hahaha!"
Some people say that beautiful women can't smile too much and are prone to wrinkles, but I just like to see the smile of flowers in full bloom and bright spring!
The finals began.
After the buddy assessed his physical strength this time, he soared into the sky at the beginning, then a husband, then a man who insisted on going his own way, and finally a ride on the red dust (the concubine laughed, no one knew that it was a lychee).
49.85 seconds!
It was more than 4 seconds faster than the second place.
Beauty (adoration), flowers, applause, money (awards), honor (with the supreme president) are all there.
Oh, I'll go, it's cool. It can't be described any more.
"Dark horse, it's too dark!" someone commented. "Hey, buddy's heart is not dark!" I must declare in my heart.
In the tug-of-war competition in the afternoon, Pudu District won the fifth place, and I didn't want to show film at the evening art show.
I'm just recording two things that had a huge impact on my thinking.
Before the art show, President Fu delivered a speech as usual.
On that day, he changed his image of elegance and modesty, and as a very tasteless entrepreneur, he stood at the height of the savior and declared unashamedly: "It's me!
I felt very uncomfortable in the audience, and many years later, I heard Li Jiacheng's words, which were diametrically opposed to President Fu's words!
It is true that the role of the boss in the development of the enterprise is irreplaceable, so we employees should be grateful to Dade?
Definitely!
The company just gives employees a platform, whether it is to make a living, to show their abilities, and that's it.
The choice is a two-way street! Every cent of the salary we receive is what we deserve after relying on our own ability and hard work, and it is what the vast number of peasant workers commonly call "hard-earned money."
In a completely fair and competitive market environment, the boss chooses us, and we can also choose the company. There is no one who can't live without anyone, and it won't be the self-righteous handouts of some bosses.
Psychologist Maslow's needs theory believes that people's needs are divided into five categories: physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, respect needs and self-actualization needs, from the lower level to the higher level.
The labor shortage after 10 years has profoundly proved the correctness of this demand theory!
When you increase wages (not indefinitely) and fail to recruit workers or talent, bosses should reflect on what they do and what they do, and about your so-called corporate culture (for most companies, this culture is basically a slogan hanging on the wall).
For example, "people-oriented", how many entrepreneurs really "unite knowledge and action" from the heart? The savior in words, the contempt for people at work, when the company encounters difficulties, the first thing that comes to mind is: layoffs, salary cuts, painting cakes to satisfy hunger, and arrears of wages!
Therefore, there are not many of our real century-old stores, and many companies can only "lead the way for three or five years"!
The second thing is even more memorable, when the team of the Jiangdong subsidiary sang together, the good-looking 40-year-old boss actually compared President Fu to his father!
I was completely blown away!
Even if the pyramid scheme that was later banned didn't require you to recognize the thief as your father, did it? What's more, your father is too young compared to you! This is not the youngest age difference between father and son in the world, Guinness judge, are you in the East China Sea?
There is also a short, thin and swarthy young man in the sales department who looks like a flea on the drum in the Water Margin, and sang "I wish you a long life and Tianqi" with emotion.
The funny appearance and out-of-tune (Xiaoyu said that he didn't have a tune) singing voice won more applause and laughter than the cross talk and sketches of the party combined, pushing the whole party to the peak of joy!
The art show ended at 10 o'clock, and Mr. Wu had a whim and had to drag a few middle-level people to have supper.
After calling my son, I suddenly became a little bored.
Because I was a little depressed, I didn't describe the food at the food stalls, and I wasn't even interested in a few beautiful women.
Mr. Wu called a few beauties from the sales department, basically a small boss with a beauty, men and women match, not tired of work, and drunk quickly!
Compared with the enthusiasm of the other gentlemen, as well as the heroic nature revealed after drinking, I seemed depressed, which also aroused Yu Jingxiang's concern and Hua Jingyi's worry.
The visitor drank a lot of wine and looked at his watch (the old man led the construction of 35kv power lines 15 years ago, and the Shanghai brand watch awarded to him by the county was quite punctual), 11:50.
I declined the special car arranged by Mr. Wu, and politely refused Yu Jingxiang's elegant electric car (for fear of messing around after drinking), and staggered home.