Chapter Thirty-Seven: Woman, Oh, Woman
If she hadn't become a full-time mother for her son, her career might not be worse than Fang Shanmu's now.
No, it must be much stronger than Fang Shanmu!
Sheng Chen, who returned to work after more than ten years, realized what it means to be out of touch with society and unable to keep up with the times. She was surrounded by colleagues who were all 90 little girls, and she seemed a little out of place, the pace and intensity of work, as well as her proficiency in office software, interpersonal relationships, etc., all made her at a loss!
As an assistant in the 70s, she is indeed too old, and the people of her age in the company are either middle managers or executives, and there are few people who are still in junior positions like her.
Dacheng Interactive Entertainment, where she works, is an entertainment company with Internet genes, mainly engaged in Internet cultural communication business.
In the first month of work, it felt like a year had passed, and Sheng Chen not only had a kind of caution when he first entered the workplace, but also a panic of being uneasy and overwhelmed, lest he do something wrong and make people laugh. The girls of the class of '90s are very different from the girls of the '70s, they are bold, direct, and very self-contained, they will neither help her, nor will they ask for advice when she does not understand and patiently tell her.
A few people privately ridiculed her for coming out to work even when she was old, she must have been dumped by her rich husband and lost her source of livelihood. There are also people who think she is too stupid to work with her, and after being blinded and bullied, she endures everything silently, never complains, and does not tell the truth to her classmate Meng Wei.
Meng Wei is the founder of Dacheng Interactive Entertainment and the chairman of the company.
Back then, Meng Wei was also one of Sheng Chen's many suitors, although he was not as enthusiastic and wild as Zheng Yuandong towards Sheng Chen, but he was also the most patient among those who liked Sheng Chen, and it was not until Sheng Chen and Fang Shanmu established a relationship that he withdrew sadly.
Even so, he has not interrupted his contact with Sheng Chen, and is one of the few classmates who still has contact with Sheng Chen since graduating from university, and even Zheng Yuandong has completely lost contact because he went south to Guangzhou.
is also the only one among Sheng Chen's suitors.
learned that Sheng Chen wanted to come out to work for the first time, and Meng Weili invited Sheng Chen to join his company, and promised the position of vice president and a high salary of 500,000 yuan per year. Sheng Chen declined his kindness and just wanted to start from the bottom step by step. She knows that she has been out of society for too long and no longer adapts to the new era, especially the more than ten years that she has been idle at home, which is the more than ten years of rapid economic and technological development.
Sheng Chen also knew that she could not accept Meng Wei's gift for no reason, such a generous treatment was obviously beyond the friendship of ordinary classmates, which contained too many personal emotional factors, not to mention that Meng Wei was still single.
Yes, Meng Wei had an unhappy marriage, and after divorcing 5 years ago, he has never remarried, not even a girlfriend. Sheng Chen didn't want Meng Wei to misunderstand her, although she was divorcing Fang Shanmu, she hadn't divorced yet.
What's more, even if she is really divorced, she may not necessarily choose Mengwei.
In order to avoid gossip from all over the company, Sheng Chen insisted on starting as an assistant, and did not allow Meng Wei to reveal their relationship, otherwise she would leave, and Meng Wei had no choice but to agree. There were several times when Meng Wei wanted to help Sheng Chen openly and secretly, but Sheng Chen refused. Meng Wei also understood Sheng Chen's strength, and in order to keep her, he reluctantly put on a businesslike appearance.
Sheng Chen suffered a lot of bullying, but also withstood the tempering, and slowly relied on her strength and perseverance to gradually gain a firm foothold in the company, and also won the favor of her colleagues who despised her and bullied her before.
Three months later, the internship period turned regular, Sheng Chen's income rose from 7,000 yuan to more than 10,000 yuan, she was very happy, and she was also competent for the job, and won the recognition of the department director with her real strength, and was promoted from administrative assistant to deputy director.
was promoted completely by her own efforts, without Meng Wei's hint, which shows that she really played a good foundation back then. Sheng Chen also believes that in another year and a half, even without Meng Wei's care, she can be promoted to director.
But then again, behind her seemingly smooth job search, she actually benefited from Meng Wei's care for her, otherwise she might not even have the opportunity to enter the company as an assistant. She had applied for several companies before, but she was politely rejected by the other party on the grounds that she was not suitable, and she knew in her heart that the other party disliked her for being too old.
A gust of north wind blew, and it was cold all over the body, and it was already dark, and the sensor lights in the yard automatically lit up. The automatic lighting lamp is also a masterpiece of Fang Shanmu, who especially likes to tinker with things and is a very diligent person. In addition to growing vegetables and flowers, taking care of cats and dogs, he also likes to fiddle with some gadgets and small objects by himself.
However, a few sensor lights have been broken, and some corners cannot be illuminated, adding a bit of gloom.
Fang Shanmu likes science and technology, and he is born to like it. He bought a sensor device, installed a street lamp by himself, and spent two days fiddling with it. When he worked, he was surrounded by peace and joy. She and her son occasionally went over to take a few looks, and felt that it was very boring and boring, why not find a worker to install, fast and worry-free.
Now she knows Fang Shanmu's true intentions, and only by doing it herself can she have the happiness of self-reliance, and at the same time, the street lamps she installed illuminate her yard, which is warmer and warmer.
Thinking like this, Sheng Chen suddenly missed Fang Shanmu very much.
Do you really have to get a divorce? Thinking of the scene in the music restaurant last time, the warmth that had just risen in her heart instantly cooled down again!
In the months when Fang Shanmu was completely away from home, Sheng Chen successively knew what Fang Shanmu was doing from Jiangbian's mouth, and the news from Jiangbian naturally came from Gu Hao. But the news is not very detailed, she probably knows that Fang Shanmu is starting a business, registering a company and finding an office location, and is recruiting, what industry she is engaged in, she is not clear and not interested.
She only wanted to know if Fang Shanmu was in a semi-free state now, and whether he was with Jiang Fuyu.
The news that was finally determined through many inquiries was that Jiang Fuyu was not only with Fang Shanmu, but she was already married, had a close relationship with her husband, and was very affectionate. And after the company was acquired, Jiang Fuyu was going through immigration procedures and wanted to go to Canada with her husband.
Doesn't it mean that the accusations and suspicions of Fang Shanmu are all unwarranted?
Sheng Chen was very angry and looked for Jiangbian theory. Jiang Bian said that Fang Shanmu was indeed wronged in the Jiang Fuyu incident, but it is also a conclusive fact that Fang Shanmu has someone outside, who is it, she is still investigating. She will definitely find out and give Sheng Chen an explanation.
Sheng Chen didn't know either, she had too many constraints and requirements on Fang Shanmu, in fact, she wanted to prevent trouble, not to really find out what happened to him, and she didn't believe that he would have anything, how did it evolve into something in the end, did he really have something, is there really no one reliable man?
Originally, Jiangbian asked her to go to a music restaurant for dinner, saying that she wanted to discuss what to do next, not about marriage problems, but about career problems. Jiangbian recently ran away from home because Gu Hao was fired from the company, and he also thought about it a lot, and reflected on it, feeling that being too restrictive to men might have the opposite effect. Instead of forcibly keeping a man by your side to feel safe, it is better to improve your charm and strength, let yourself exude enough attractiveness, and let the man return again with his own excellence.
To be honest, Sheng Chen didn't have the idea of starting a company, she didn't think she had the talent to run a company, although Jiangbian had connections, resources and strength, she didn't want to be tied to Jiangbian. Now she finally understands the difference between project cooperation and joint stock cooperation that Fang Shanmu said, and she feels that with her understanding of Jiangbian and her recent close contact, the most suitable thing for her and Jiangbian is to be friends, rather than doing business together.
Gu Hao is a living example.
Sheng Chen is not stupid, Jiangbian's desire to control is too strong, which is manifested in Gu Hao's requirement that Gu Hao be on call 24 hours a day, accept inspections at any time, and must be on call. If she is the CEO of the company, even if she is her partner, it is estimated that she will be called around.
But I didn't want to go back, Sheng Chen still happily went to the appointment.
Sheng Chen is also much more sober than before, and he has somewhat understood the difficulty of Fang Shanmu's career outside, knowing that sometimes people can't help themselves in the workplace, but the doubts in her heart have not been completely eliminated, and Fang Shanmu's determination has not completely won back her trust.
Similarly, Gu Hao's disappearance did not completely wake up Jiangbian.
In the days of Gu Hao's disappearance, in the first few days, Jiangbian was indeed a little crazy, calling people everywhere, and also called Fang Shanmu. However, Fang Shanmu refused to listen at first, and then he couldn't get through again, so he should have been blocked by Fang Shanmu. Fang Shanmu hated the riverside, Sheng Chen knew it in his heart.
Sheng Chen thought that Jiangbian would hate Gu Hao to death and wanted to divorce Gu Hao. Unexpectedly, three days later, Jiang Bian, who vowed to clean up Gu Hao and say that he would divorce, changed his mind again, and began to reflect that he was indeed too harsh on Gu Hao. Women, oh, women! sometimes seem tough, but in fact they are softer on the inside than men. Such a strong Jiangbian has controlled Gu Hao for many years, and Gu Hao has only been missing for a few days before he compromised first, and what about being strong and independent?
She hadn't seen Fang Shanmu for a while, she missed him at the same time, she always remembered his goodness, and constantly tried to convince herself to forgive him. From the difficulty of his work to everything he has done for this family, etc., he can be regarded as a good man. But there is one thing she can't let go, take 10,000 steps back, even if Fang Shanmu is no one outside, he must have an idea, otherwise he won't let her check her phone, share an account with her, and report her whereabouts at any time!
If you don't have a ghost in your heart, why can't you always let your daughter-in-law know where he is and what he's doing?