General Manager Li looked at him affectionately with a smile on his face and said, "Xincheng, I just read your work report. Very well written, and like all the copy and reports you've written before, it's smooth, organized, and logical. In addition, the "Work Standard Flow Chart" and the upgraded version of the "Job Standard Specification" that you have attached are very good, and I will adopt most or even all of the contents in them. ”

Xu Xincheng reciprocated with a sincere smile and said with a smile: "Thank you, General Manager Li, for your affirmation!"

He didn't sit on the back of the sofa like General Manager Li, as he had done every time he came here before, he sat on the edge of the sofa, straightened his waist, and put his hands flat on his thighs.

Although he is often invited to the office for tea and chatting, and the relationship between the two is very good, he knows that as a subordinate, this is the most basic business etiquette, which is the respect that General Manager Li should have.

Seeing this, General Manager Li said with a smile: "I have already told you many times, in my place, you don't need to be so restrained, especially when there are only the two of us." ”

"Good. Thank you!"

He relaxed his shoulders slightly, fine-tuned his sitting position, and placed his hands between his legs, still with a smile and respect on his face. He knows very well that since General Manager Li told him not to be restrained, of course he must obey, but he can't do too much, and he can't appear too casual, this is proportion, this is just right.

General Manager Li threw him an appreciative look and nodded with a smile.

Xu Xincheng smiled modestly and nodded his head to express his gratitude. The two have reached the point where they can communicate with just their eyes and looks.

"Come, let's still have the old rule, drink tea first. ”

After that, General Manager Li began what he must do every morning, making Chaoshan Kung Fu tea.

He changed the relaxed state when he was deeply immersed in the sofa just now, moved his body, sat on the edge of the sofa, straightened his waist, and held his breath. After a few moments, he leisurely raised his hand and began to concentrate on brewing tea on the tea table.

I saw him skillfully pour water into the pot, turn on the electricity to boil the water, scald the tea set, open the tea pot, take the teaspoon, spoon the tea leaves, tea into the teapot, boiling water into the pot, wash the tea and wash the cup, open the lid and smell the fragrance, then pour boiling water, water into the teapot, wait for a while, the tea soup into the fair cup, the fair cup into the tea soup, the tea soup into the teacup.

The whole process of making kung fu tea, Xu Xincheng watched it solemnly and admired it silently. For a while, the office seemed to have become a tea ceremony house, General Manager Li became a tea ceremony master, and he was a tea guest who came here.

To this day, Xu Xincheng still clearly remembers the first time he was invited to the office for tea by General Manager Li.

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On August 8, the second month after Xu Xincheng started his work as a trainee for reserve cadres, General Manager Li invited him to the office for tea and chatting about work because of his outstanding work performance.

Because his father likes to drink tea, he has also drunk tea since he was a child, but his father does not pay so much attention to making tea, an electric kettle, a simple glass filter teapot, a thermos cup is all his tea sets, tea is generally a few steps, boiling water, tea leaves into the teapot, tea, washing tea, and then brewing tea, tea soup into the thermos cup, done.

That day was the first time to drink kung fu tea, and that day he knew that there could be so much attention to drinking tea, and it turned out that this was the so-called tea ceremony.

Seeing that he was interested in the tea ceremony, General Manager Li introduced him to the long history of the Chinese tea ceremony and Chaoshan Kung Fu tea.

He said that China's tea culture has a long history, and Chaoshan Kung Fu tea is the most representative tea ceremony, representing the highest level of Chinese tea ceremony.

He also said that his method of brewing tea is only a simple version, and there are only eight steps, namely: 1. Sweet spring and mulin; 2. Invite tea into the palace; 3. Hang the pot and flush high; 4. Spring breeze blows; 5. Guan Gong patrol the city; 6. Han Xin points troops; 7. Appreciating the color of the soup; 8. Lu Si Ganlin.

If it is the most complete version of the Chaoshan tea ceremony, there should be eighteen steps. But after all, this is an office, and it is not advisable to make the process of making tea too complicated, because it will consume too much time, delay the business, delay the work, and secondly, it will seem too vassal and elegant, and it is easy to form an exaggerated atmosphere in the office.

After listening to the introduction, Xu Xincheng realized that the tea ceremony could be so elegant and elegant, and from that day on, he developed a strong interest in the tea ceremony and began to spend time studying and practicing.

After he was promoted to the secretary of the general manager, General Manager Li instructed that in his absence, when greeting visitors for him, he could invite guests to the office, and he could use his tea table tea set to make kung fu tea to entertain guests.

Every time he entertained a guest, Xu Xincheng would follow the eight steps to make tea, at first it was just a toddler in Handan, and the movements were stiff and unnatural, but after months of practice and practice, the movements gradually became proficient and smooth.

Today, his level of tea brewing, according to General Manager Li's evaluation, has been regarded as entering the door.

Although the taste of the tea is already very good, he knows that the feeling when he brews the tea is still not right, compared with General Manager Li, there is still a sense of Dongshi's effect.

He knows very well that he has only mastered the basic tea art, and has not really mastered the essence and true meaning of the tea ceremony, which is still a little far from the highest level of "courtesy, respect, truth, quietness, harmony and beauty" that the Chinese tea ceremony emphasizes.

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At this time, the office was filled with a unique aroma of phoenix single bush tea, General Manager Li gently held up the teacup with a wooden teacup fork, put it on a wooden tea coaster in the shape of fresh tea leaves, and then presented it to Xu Xincheng's desk with both hands, politely made a gesture to please taste tea, and said softly: "Please!"

Xu Xincheng nodded in greeting, said "thank you" softly, picked up the teacup, first sniffed it, took a small sip, tasted the fragrance of the tea, and then leisurely drank the whole cup of tea.

General Manager Li also drank tea leisurely, put down the teacup, closed his eyes, tasted the tea very seriously, and after a while, he slowly opened his eyes and poured a second cup for the two.

The two raised their glasses and drank together, and then the two quietly savored the aroma of tea for a while.

After a while, General Manager Li took a deep breath, turned his head and said to him: "Xincheng, I am very satisfied with your work performance in the past two years, my colleagues in the company think you are very easy to get along with, all the managers and supervisors are very satisfied with your performance, and they are also very recognized for your ability, everyone says that you are a good team player, and you are also a good team leader." ”

He paused, raised his right hand, pushed the pair of large black square-rimmed glasses, raised his voice a little, and said solemnly: "After my careful consideration, it is now decided that from today onwards, I will promote you to assistant general manager and fully assist me in my work." ”