Chapter 13: Tempering
On Monday, the man arrived at DT International on time. Pat
ICIA took the man to go through the formalities. Make a copy of the certificate, introduce the company's structure and department, and finally prepare to sign the contract. Pat
ICIA took out a copy of the contract and handed it to the man and said, "Man, this is your contract, in triplicate, you can read it and sign it." ”
The man took the contract and looked at it. Other information is actually nothing more than regular content, and of course his main concern is salary and position. In the salary and position column, it is written: Pla
i
g Helpe
(Planning Assistant), probationary period of $1,500 per month. The position is acceptable to men, the salary is a little different from his expectations, he thought that this kind of top international advertising company should be better, but now it is even worse than some domestic advertising companies. Further back: a six-month probationary period. Pat
ICIA also seemed to notice the man's concerns, and lowered her voice to explain to the man: "Man, as a newcomer, you have no experience in the industry, you must start from the grassroots level, and it will be more difficult, but if you can adapt and stay, your treatment will be very good in the future." After speaking, he pointed to the position where Kee was sitting, "DT's strategic ability is the strongest in the 4A circle, and your leader Kee is also a big name in the circle, very senior, although he is stricter, but his ability is very strong, you must learn more from him, which will definitely help your future development." ”
The man listened attentively, and he thanked Pat
ICIA can say these things to herself.
Done, Pat
icia guided him to a workstation in front of Kee and sat him down. Shortly after he sat down, Kee called him over, pointed to the thick stack of documents on the table, and said, "Fo."
est, take these materials and take a serious look, this is a few new product positioning and market analysis of Procter & Gamble next year, after you read it, sort out the core information, no more than 1,000 words, Chinese and English versions, OK? ”
The man nodded while taking the information, and was about to turn around and go out, when Kee asked again: "When will you finish and hand it over to me?" ”
The man lowered his head and quickly flipped through the information in his hand, thought for a while and said, "Mr. Kee, can I give it to you before I get off work tomorrow?" ”
Kee stared at the man and said, "The first draft of my strategy will come out before I get off work tomorrow, do you think you will have time to give it to me tomorrow?" ”
The man's face flushed, and he hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were in a hurry, so I'll give it to you before I get off work today." ”
Kee continued: "I don't care if I get off work or not, anyway, tomorrow morning, I want your information, in Chinese and English, to be printed out and put on my desk." After speaking, he waved his hand, and the man hurried out.
Although psychologically, the man knew that DT International would have a completely different rhythm from the TV station he used to work for, but he didn't expect that he would need to enter the role in less than an hour on the first day of work, which caught the man a little off guard. He immediately adjusted his state, turned on the computer, and while reading the materials, he extracted important information and wrote it down.
The man who studied English is not particularly proficient in computers, and he also passed the computer level 2 with the mainstream in college, and studied Fox BASE, but now he finds that those programming things are not useful to him at all, and now he uses more application software. It's okay, Wo
The d interface is relatively friendly, and he roughly understood after fumbling for a while, and organizing the documents is not too much of a problem.
At noon, the company has a canteen, which is on the basement floor of the building, and you can eat buffets for free with your employee card. This is very good for men, because eating near Financial Street is not cheap, and the company's food management really relieves a lot of pressure on the overstretched men. After eating, the man didn't dare to delay for a moment, and hurriedly returned to his workstation to start researching and sorting out the information.
He first roughly divided the entire data into categories, and then wrote a summary according to the data categories. Because of the large amount of information, after he initially wrote down each category, he found that there were nearly 2,000 words. Kee said that he wanted a summary of 1,000 words or less, and he had to condense it again, which made him a little tangled, because in his opinion, these summaries were necessary and he didn't know how to delete them. As a last resort, he turned back to Olive
Seek help.
Olive
He graduated from the well-known Donghua University, one meter eight, handsome, dressed very elegantly, his hair was never messy, and the aura of a famous school made him have a sense of superiority in his bones. Olive
can speak well, women's popularity is super good, and in DT it is like a female topic male god, Olive
It's also fun.,Don't talk about it outside.,There are a few girls who DT can't tell him.。 Olive
I have been at DT International for almost four years and am now a Senior Planning Manager. When the dirt man came, he sat in Olive
Regardless of qualifications, education, and charisma, Olive
didn't take the man in his eyes, and he didn't talk to the man much for a day.
Today, the man is desperate and wants to seek advice from his seniors. He respectfully handed what he had summarized to Olive
, Olive
casually flipped through it, and said with a wicked smile: "Man, this is a running account, not every information is useful for making strategies." "Look at the man with a blank face, Olive
In a tone of lesson, he continued, "That's it, man, I'll give you a few principles, you focus on the analysis of the product positioning group, as well as the analysis of the uniqueness of the product and the analysis of the differentiation from competitors, which is more important for formulating the whole case strategy." ”
The man nodded as if he didn't understand, and asked again: "What does the differentiation of competing products mean?" ”
"It is the biggest difference and advantage point between this product and competing brands, and what can attract consumers the most." Olive
I'm starting to get impatient.
"Oh, got it, thank you, thank you." The man nodded hurriedly. Follow Olive
, the man began to hurry up and bury his head in sorting out the documents again.
Seeing that someone began to clock out of work, the man realized that it was already 6 o'clock, and he had just finished sorting out the Chinese part. He seriously checked the Chinese and asked Olive
Take a look, Olive
didn't make any big comments, and the man put his mind at ease and began to translate. As the minutes ticked by, the man consulted the Oxford dictionary from time to time to make sure it was accurate, and repeatedly considered the use of grammar and vocabulary. By the time all the translations were completed and checked, it was almost 9 o'clock in the evening. He hurriedly packed his things and ran to the bus stop.
When I got home in the evening, I just walked to the door of the community and bumped into Ajima going out.
"You just got off work?" Ajma asked.
The man said "um", "Yes, I worked overtime on the first day of work, hehe, where are you going?" ”
"Oh, we're starting to do our graduation project, I'm going to my classmates to discuss the topic, and I'm not coming back in the evening."
"Oh, okay, stay safe, bye." Bidding farewell to Ajma, the man ran upstairs in three steps and two steps, pushed the door and entered his room.
Jiajia was sitting on the bed looking out the window in a daze, heard a movement at the door, hurriedly stood up, saw the man coming back, frowned and asked, "Why is it so late?" ”
The man didn't speak, picked up the cup on the table, took a sip of water, and said, "Is there anything to eat at home?" ”
"If there's no more, there's just instant noodles left."
"Well, cook me a bag, I'm starving."
Jiajia was busy cooking noodles and asked, "What happened?" Why did you come back so late? ”
The man reported today's situation to Jiajia.
Jiajia served the noodles to the man, and the man took a big gulp. In less than a few minutes, a bowl of noodles was eaten, and the man became more comfortable, slowly lying on the bed, and resting.
Jiajia washed the dishes, returned to the house and asked, "You don't care about food in the overtime unit?" ”
The man snorted, "You can really think that I am already very satisfied with the lunch at noon, and who cares about you at night." ”
"Then you can buy something to eat when you're hungry, why are you hungry?"
"You've also been to the vicinity of the unit, they are all high-end office buildings, and the places to eat nearby are not cheap, so let's save a little." Speaking of this, the man suddenly remembered something and asked Jiajia, "How much money do we have left?" ”
Jiajia thought for a while and said, "Maybe there are less than two hundred yuan." ”
The man did the math that he would not be able to pay his salary until the 15th of next month, and there were nearly 25 days left, and the two hundred yuan of careful calculation might not be able to support the salary.
The man was thinking about it, and Jiajia spoke: "I received an interview notice today, and I went for an interview in the afternoon, and the company is not far from our house, and it takes fifteen minutes to walk." ”
After hearing this, the man asked, "How about that?" What kind of company is it? ”
"It's very small, it's a small media company, and it does documentary copyright, and I want a few good English, mainly to translate subtitles or something."
"Oh, is there a play to that?" Jiajia snorted and said, "There are only eight people in their company, including the boss, and it's in the neighborhood next to it." ”
Jiajia pointed to an apartment building not far away, and the man looked at it, it was indeed not far away, and he could see that building in his own house.
"The interview was also very simple, I was shown a documentary, I was asked to listen to the translated subtitles, and then I passed."
"Where's the treatment?"
"1,800 yuan a month, and a probationary period of three months, 1,500 yuan."
"Damn," the man smiled bitterly, "I signed the contract today, 1,500 yuan a month, and a probationary period of six months." ”
"Ah......" Jiajia opened her mouth wide in disappointment, "How is this so, isn't it a top advertising agency?" The treatment is not as good as my small company? What about regularization? How much? ”
The man sighed, "I don't know yet, I said that it would be decided according to the position." After speaking, the man comforted Jiajia again, "You also have to understand this, for me, making money is not the first priority at present, I just came to Beijing, and I just changed careers, to put it bluntly, everything is starting from scratch, I can study in a large company, and I will definitely be helpful in the future." ”
Jiajia listened to the man's explanation and didn't say anything.
The man took Jiajia's hand and said, "Besides, this job is what I took a lot of effort to get, but it's not what people ask you for, we should cherish it more." ”
Jiajia smiled and said, "I know, I don't blame you for anything," Jiajia rolled her eyes, "But, then you admit that you are the little white face I raised, it seems that since graduation, I have always earned more than you." Ha ha. ”
The man stood up with a smile, "Okay, boss, give the master some pocket money, I only have thirty yuan now." ”
Jiajia's face drooped and said, "At noon, the unit is in charge of food, what do you want so much money for?" Thirty dollars is not enough for you to spend. ”
The next day, the man handed over the materials in English and Chinese to Kee's desk early. He returned to his workstation and breathed a sigh of relief, vaguely fantasizing about Kee's satisfied smile in his head. At about half past ten, Kee arrived, and walked straight into his partition. After about thirty minutes, I heard a shout from inside, "Fo."
est, come up! ”
The man hurriedly stood up and walked in.
Kee stared at the information given by the man, rolled his eyes and asked, "Did you just graduate?" ”
The man was confused and whispered, "No, it's a year of work experience." ”
Kee looked down at the documents again, "Did you do this in your last company?" ”
The man still didn't understand, and looked at Kee with a confused expression.
Kee didn't understand the man, so he said impatiently: "In the future, this kind of document header will use small three, the body will use five, and the line spacing will be 1.2, understand?" Look at what you did, the header is big two, the body is small three, the whole document can't write a few words on one page, it's ugly and a waste of paper, how did your first company train you? ”
The man understood the reason when he heard it, and hurriedly explained: "I'm sorry Mr. Kee, the TV station I used to be in was like that, and the text format was like that, I don't know the rules here, I'll change it immediately, I'm sorry." After saying that, he took the papers and retreated.
After revising the document, the man hurriedly sent it in. Kee looked at it and didn't say anything. The man sat at his workstation, still a little uneasy in his heart. At noon, he had dinner with a few colleagues in the department and brought up the matter, Olive
He smiled wickedly and said, "You don't have to worry too much, Kee is a knife mouth, a tofu heart, a person is not bad, as long as you work hard, he will treat you well." ”
When the man heard this, his heart calmed down a little.
In the afternoon, Kee didn't arrange any work, just asked him to cooperate with Olive
I did some copying and printing chores with a few other colleagues. When it was time for the end of the day, Kee called him into the house, "Fo."
est, this is the whole case strategy of P&G items in the second half of this year, I wrote the concept and skeleton on this piece of paper, and I will let Olive in a moment
Give you a template, you make things into PPT as it is, propose it next Thursday, give it to me before noon on Wednesday, and I will have half a day to revise it. After speaking, he handed a few pieces of paper in his hand to the man.
The man took it and looked at it, and there were a lot of things densely written, including charts, linear relationships and other icons.
Back in his seat, the man broke out in a cold sweat. If we say Wo
d, the man used it when he was in the TV station, so he could still deal with it, but PPT, he never used it in the TV station, and when he opened the PPT software, he found that it was the same as Wo
D was completely different, he was at a loss, and he didn't know how to start at all. The man was looking for Olive
Ask for advice, but turned his head to see his arrogant face, swallowed and spit, and turned back, thinking, if you don't understand some professional issues, others can help you, but if you don't even know basic skills, how can others teach you from scratch? Besides, when I came to the interview, the quality I showed was not so low.
The man got off work as if he were on pins and needles, and immediately jumped on the bus and ran to the book building. When he arrived at the book building and came to the computer section on the third floor, he found an Office98, which was exactly the type of software the company was using. When I opened it, I saw a comprehensive introduction to Wo in the book
d. The use of Excel and PPT methods and skills, and there are pictures at a glance. The man's heart was overjoyed, and this was the knowledge he desperately needed.
He turned the book over and looked at the price, and his heart tightened: ninety-eight yuan. What to do? I bought it, and now I have thirty yuan in my hand. Looking at it now, there is more than an hour left before the closing time at 9 o'clock, and it is impossible to read even a tenth of it. The man walked around anxiously and didn't know what to do, Jiajia didn't have a mobile phone, he couldn't be contacted, cough...... Suddenly, the man remembered that Aijima next door had a mobile phone and left a phone for them, maybe she was at home and could send a message to Jiajia? Thinking of this, the man immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed Ajima's phone.
"Hello?" There was a surprised question on the other end of the line.
The man smiled and said, "Is it Ajima?" I'm a man, I'm sorry to disturb you, are you at home? ”
"It's a man, who do I think, hehe, I'm at home, what's wrong?"
"Excuse me, do you see Jiajia at home? I'm in a bit of a hurry to find her. ”
"Oh, okay, you wait."
After a few seconds, the man heard Ajima say, "Jiajia, your husband is looking for you urgently, you can answer the phone." Then Jiajia's voice came from the phone: "Male? What's wrong? Then I heard Jiajia "feed".
"Jiajia, I have to buy a book now, I'm in a hurry, I don't have enough money, this book costs ninety-eight yuan, what should I do?"
The man told Jiajia about today's work task, and Jiajia immediately said, "You wait for me in the book building, and I'll go over immediately." ”
The man waited while quickly browsing the Office98. He was worried that if Jiajia couldn't arrive before closing, he would have to seize all the time and remember as much as he could. At present, the most urgent thing is the knowledge of PPT, he turned to the introduction part of PPT and read it hungrily.
Knowledge, when you want to use it, learns very quickly, and remembers it very deeply. The learning ability and memory level of the man and boy at this time seem to be back in the third year of high school. It took less than an hour for the man to finish reading the basic application knowledge of PPT, but at this time, the radio of the building began to play the music of "Coming Home". The man looked at the watch on the wall, it was already 8:30, and the door was about to close in thirty minutes. The man was anxious, but his eyes didn't take off the book for a moment.
After another ten minutes, there was only one man left in the computer area, and a salesman came over and said, "Let's go, comrade, it's going to close." The man replied twice, but his footsteps did not move.
The salesman walked up to the man and said, "Let's see tomorrow, we're going to clear the house." ”
The man looked out the window anxiously, Jiajia hadn't come yet. He turned to the salesperson and said, "Hello, I must buy this book today, but I don't have enough money, my girlfriend is on her way here, shall I wait a little longer?" ”
The salesman looked at the man's sincere gaze, hesitated for a moment and said, "I can let you stay for a while, but the cash register system will be shut down in ten minutes, and if you don't come again, you won't be able to check out, and it's useless for her to come." ”
The man said, "I know, if she doesn't come by 9 o'clock, I'll leave." ”
"Okay then, let's see."
"Thank you, thank you!" The man quickly moved his eyes back to the book.
After a few more minutes, the lights in the library building began to slowly turn off in rows, and just when the man was about to despair, he saw a figure running up.
Jiajia ran to the man's side sweating profusely, panting and said, "Is it too late?" ”
"Where's the money?" Jiajia hurriedly took out a hundred yuan from his pocket, the man picked up the money and books and ran to the checkout, the salesman smiled, and quickly helped them settle the book, and with their downstairs figure, the last row of lights was also turned off.
When he got home, he went into the house and began to read earnestly. At first, Jiajia also followed sideways with her head sideways, but slowly her eyelids began to fight, and she lay down and fell asleep unconsciously. The man seemed to have forgotten everything, and all his attention was on the book, turning page by page.
Because there is no computer at home, he can only rely on imagination to simulate the operation, fortunately, this book has a lot of pictures, and the man can basically coherent the operation process with his imagination. After reading all the PPT production parts, it was already more than 4 o'clock in the morning, and the man stretched his waist, only then did he feel that his back and cervical spine were very sore, so he hurriedly lay down and took a break for a while.
At 6:30, the small alarm clock rang on time, and the man got up, washed up briefly, and grabbed his backpack and ran to the station without talking to Jiajiaduo. He was afraid that he would forget what he learned yesterday, and he was also afraid that he would not do well this time and leave a bad impression on Kee.
When I arrived at the unit, I looked at my watch, and there was still more than an hour before I got to work. The office was empty. He turned on his computer, spread out a few pages of Kee's confession on the table, and opened Olive again
The reference file I was given began to make according to the gourd drawing scoop. The company's employees came to the unit one after another, looking at this unfamiliar face who arrived early in surprise, and the man had no time to greet them, and worked with a high degree of concentration.
By 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the man basically made the PPT. He checked it carefully, and resolutely couldn't make low-level mistakes, and then followed Kee's strategy and thought to check the order step by step to make sure that it was correct, before he stood up and walked to Kee's partition door and knocked on the door, "Mr. Kee, I have finished the work you have assigned, can you take a look now?" ”
Kee looked at the man suspiciously and said, "So fast, it's all done?" ”
"Yes, I'm afraid of delaying your work, so I'll work extra shifts for a while, so I can give you more time to revise."
Kee was clearly pleased with the man's consideration and said, "OK, send me an email." ”
The man turned back to his workstation and gave it to Kee.
After a little more than twenty minutes, Kee called the man over. The man was a little nervous, after all, this was his first time doing PPT. When I entered Kee's office, I was somewhat relieved to see Kee's calm expression.
"I looked at your stuff and it's not bad overall. But there are a few points that you don't understand the strategy I wrote, and I'll explain it to you, and you can go back and revise it again. ”
The man sighed and hurriedly stepped forward and leaned down.
The modification is not very big, and after two revisions, Kee never called the man in again, and it seems that he has passed the level. It wasn't until more than 7 o'clock that Kee walked out of the office with his bag, and the man was relieved that he was sure that he had really passed the customs. After relaxing, the man felt so sleepy, from yesterday to today, he slept for a total of two hours, and he still hadn't slept well. The man packed his things and prepared to leave the company. As soon as he arrived at the elevator, the man saw a familiar figure.
“Mo
Sister IS! The man greeted warmly.
Mo
is turned to look at the man, although he had a professional smile on his face, but his eyes showed a blankness, "Hello." ”
The man saw Mo
is no longer able to remember himself, so he quickly introduced himself: "I am the person who met you last time in the elevator, and I came to DT to find my friend." ”
"Oh, come to think of it, you're ......" Mo
IS looked at the access card in the man's hand and said happily, "Oh, you're onboarded?" Congratulations! ”
The man smiled and said, "Thank you." ”
"When did you join the company?"
"A few days later, I just came, and I am not familiar with a lot of things, so you will have to teach me more when you have the opportunity in the future."
Mo
is nodding and asking, "Who is your boss?" ”
"Mr. Kee."
"Oh, he, you have to learn from him, he is indeed quite capable, but he has a bad temper."
The man nodded.
When he got home, the man saw Jiajia holding the computer book and reading it seriously, and jokingly said, "You love to study so much?" ”
Jiajia didn't look back, silently closed the book, rubbed the book cover lovingly with her hand, and muttered: "Ahem, a hundred yuan, this is a week's meal for the two of us." ”
When the man heard this, he remembered that they had a total of 200 yuan left this month, and now they have spent 100 yuan, and there is still 100 yuan, and until the end of the month, the consumption of two people a day cannot exceed ten yuan.
The man sat next to Jiajia, hugged her and said, "Then I'll bring five yuan a day in the future, just enough to take the car, and the unit will also have food." ”
Jiajia shook her head and said, "No, your unit is so far away, in case you work overtime or something, you always have to eat instant noodles." You bring ten dollars a day, I'll bring five, I'm close to home. With that, she took out ten dollars from the drawer and handed it to the man, who took it and carefully stuffed it into his empty purse.