When the sun sets and the sky is dyed a warm red, Audrey returns from shopping for ingredients.

"Isla, thank you. ”

Audrey carried a basket full of vegetables and nodded to the sturdy woman who was both a driver and a bodyguard, "Let's eat together in the evening." ”

Isla smiled at her, shook her head, and declined Audrey's invitation.

"Okay...... Then I'll go in, you park the car and take care of yourself, we shouldn't go out at night. ”

After saying that, Audrey walked into the courtyard, and when she stepped on the steps in front of the gate, she happened to come face to face with Jack Warner and Nate Owen who were walking out.

"Ah, it turns out that the guest Evan was talking about was Mr. Warner. Audrey stood still, put the basket on the ground, and nodded to the two, "Are you leaving?"

"I'm about to prepare dinner!"

"Good afternoon, beautiful Miss Audrey. Jack said with a regretful face: "Yes, the boss has explained the work again, and I must complete it as soon as possible." ”

"So, as much as I would love to repay you for the delicious food you prepared yourself, unfortunately I do have to leave. ”

"That's ......" Audrey leaned over when she heard this, and said, "Then I won't keep you." ”

Then she noticed that Evan didn't seem to want to come out to see off the guests, so she said, "I'll send you off." ”

A few minutes later, Audrey, who had seen off the guests, returned to the house to find that the basket was no longer in the hallway, and she heard the sound of kitchen knives colliding with the board from the kitchen.

Audrey came to the kitchen and saw Evan in a white ruffled apron and holding a Chinese kitchen knife, and did not say a word about why Evan didn't send off the guests, but joined in as if nothing had happened, and prepared dinner together.

The two cooperated seamlessly while chatting about family life.

Audrey tells her interesting stories about her part-time job during the summer from Cairor, and Evan tells her about Robert finding out that Virginia has a boyfriend.

Audrey naturally couldn't have known about this, and when she heard that Robert also knew, she couldn't help but worry a little for Virginia.

"If this continues, Virginia will definitely not be able to hide it. ”

"Of course, that's sooner or later. Evan said, "And, it seems to me, maybe Nina and Earl already knew, but they just didn't say it." ”

Audrey blinked, looked at Evan and said, "Is that so?"

"Didn't Virginia be so careful for nothing?"

Evan shook his head, said "That's not it" and then began to stir-fry without giving a more specific explanation.

……

The next day was a new Monday.

At eight o'clock, Evan went to work lightly after getting a fragrant kiss.

At 8:15, Evan walked into his office and sat in his boss's chair. After a while, while Evan was checking the notes on the desk calendar and sorting out today's work arrangements, Emilia from the secretarial team brought him a cup of green tea.

"Good morning, BOSS. ”

"Good morning, Amilia, I haven't seen you for a few days, your complexion is much better, is your body okay?"

"It's all right, thank you boss for your concern. ”

"No thanks, bribing subordinates is one of the jobs of a boss. ”

Is it a word for bribery for superiors and subordinates?

Emilia hugged the tray and didn't know what to say for a while.

Seeing this, Evan waved his hand at her and smiled, "Just kidding, don't you mind." ”

"Well, you go and inform me that today's morning meeting will be put in the office area on the first floor, so that they don't have to come up, and I will go down. ”

Evan thinks that in the past, it was okay to have fewer people, but now that there are more people, they are all crammed into an office and there is no one to sit, so it is not good.

Emilia hurried away.

The normal working hours for applied semiconductors are from half past eight in the morning to half past five in the afternoon, with an hour's break at noon. This is the rule, but in practice, it is basically not followed, because it is almost the norm for researchers whose main task is to work overtime, and many people even spend the night in the company's laboratory in order to work.

The employees are so diligent and hardworking, it stands to reason that Evan should be happy as the boss, but Evan is not ready to let it go.

Evan disagrees, because for researchers, overtime is not effective in improving their work efficiency, and may even lead to the opposite result. Because the most valuable thing for a qualified researcher is not his time, but his sober mind.

Injuring one's body and damaging one's mind in a hurry is not a lucrative business.

In order to convey this idea and maintain the effective life of the few talents in his hands, Evan decided to talk about it at today's morning meeting.

Monday's morning meeting is the most common time for the whole company to arrive.

The space on the first floor belongs only to the R&D department, and the rest of the people who are not from the R&D department work on the second floor. The large area on the first floor is divided into two sections by a walkway, with a temporary laboratory on the left and offices, a reference room, and a storage room on the right.

There is no way, the formal laboratory is still under construction, so it can only be arranged for the time being.

Although the people in the R&D department are divided into three groups, there is only one office. This arrangement allows for smooth and seamless communication between different groups, which is beneficial to facilitate the progress of R&D.

Of course, this is not without its disadvantages, especially if it is not conducive to secrecy, and this situation will definitely need to change later.

At 8:35, Evan went down from the second floor to the first floor and held a morning meeting in his office.

There was no meeting room, so everyone brought chairs, or simply stood in a circle.

At the beginning of the meeting, people from the engineering and construction department reported the progress of the construction of the laboratory, and then people from each team of the R&D department reported the progress of their respective projects.

After listening to these reports, Evan talked about overtime, asking everyone to abide by the company's rules and not to work overtime unless necessary.

"Ladies and gentlemen, although I am in the same laboratory, I am a company, not a school. At school, I understand that I tried my best to do experiments in order to produce results, because it was for myself. But in the company, the first thing you have to complete is the task given by the company, and the second is to take care of your body. In this way, you can earn more money and have a better life. ”

"This kind of work, although it is a little inappropriate to come out of the mouth of my boss, I really think so. ”

"I don't want my company to be a sweatshop, and I don't want to be a bloodsucking capitalist. ”

"I want my company to be a humane, energetic place where you can create wealth with your brainpower and knowledge......"

"Of course, I don't mean that everyone is strictly forbidden to work overtime, but I hope that everyone will abide by the system and complete the task at the same time, and help promote the development of the company, after all, I am also a capitalist and want to make money. ”

After Evan finished speaking, everyone was stunned, and then laughed together, and finally I don't know who took the lead, and they all applauded.

Evan's statement was so unexpected, even dangerous, and surprisingly effective.

Pufan, who was attending the morning meeting for the first time, applauded while observing his colleagues with sincere smiles, and thought, "With a boss like Evan, it is estimated that many people here will follow them with all their hearts unless there is an accident." ”

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