Chapter 21: Bow your head
At six o'clock in the morning, it was already dawning, and I met Zhou Ting in a restaurant not far from my home.
Xiao Zhou is still as handsome as ever, with a tall figure, wearing a pale yellow coat, it can be seen that he has not slept well, has dark circles under his eyes, and his face is very poor, but he still greeted me warmly, and shouted one by one.
I sat down in a corner with him, waited for the waiter to serve the food, asked for a few bottles of beer, and asked him, "Don't you have to go to the company today, why are you looking for me so early?"
Zhou Ting hesitated for a moment and said Mr. Chen, I want to invite you to my company as a designer, I don't know if you are willing?
I frowned and said that I have a stain on my body, and you are not afraid of getting into trouble if you invite me back?
Zhou Ting laughed and said that I know Mr. Chen's personality very well, with your strength, you can beat more than ninety percent of the elite in the industry, how can you do such a thing as plagiarism?
I shook my head and said that it is useless to believe only you, the picture I drew is a taboo in the industry, this industry is very small, I have tried for more than a year, I have used all methods, and I still can't turn over.
Zhou Ting pondered for a while, and said otherwise, Mr. Chen, the drawings you drew are not released in your name, but in my name, how much money can be realized in the design drawings, we are fifty-fifty, and at the same time, my company also gives you a fixed salary of 20,000 yuan, what do you think?
To be honest, I'm a little resistant, the designer can only publish the drawings in someone else's name, which is no different from being a gunman, which is a very embarrassing thing. But after thinking about it, in addition to the design drawings can get money, there is also a fixed salary of 20,000 yuan, the remuneration is very generous, it is much more cost-effective than my usual tired and half-dead pulling goods, and I can only earn 20,000 or 30,000 yuan a month, and more importantly, even if I am only a gunman, the position of a designer also belongs to the center of the industry, and it is easier to contact people in the circle, which is of great help to me if I want to wash off the stain on my body.
In fact, I have always felt that the plagiarism was done behind the scenes, but no evidence has been found, the party involved is called Liu Ying, who is my former department manager, after the plagiarism was exposed, he not only admitted it on the spot, but also said that he was instructed by me when facing the media, which led to the maximization of the bad impact and made me ruined.
At that time, I thought that Liu Ying didn't want to finish the pot and pull me into the water, but now that I think about it, this intentional, someone must have instructed him to do it behind his back.
I habitually lit a cigarette, and the conditions offered by Zhou Ting really made me unable to refuse, I was too short of money, although there was still 1.1 million left in the demolition money, but if I really reopened the company, this money was far from enough.
I thought about it seriously for a long time, thought of all the factors, and finally chose to agree to Zhou Ting, I know his plan, it is nothing more than to fancy my strength, although Zhou Ting is a rich second generation, but he is very ambitious, when I was still the boss, he once took out a large amount of money, wanted to become a vice president, but I refused. Now that he has opened a new company, he urgently needs to open up the situation and make his own brand as soon as possible, so hiring me, a top designer in the industry, is undoubtedly the best choice.
Zhou Ting looked very happy when he saw that I agreed, and said that since our positions have been reversed, then I can no longer call you Mr. Chen in the future, and there is no need to be polite between us, you are older than me, I still call you brother.
I smiled, I saw this kind of thing more openly, so I joked with Zhou Ting, saying how is your object, are you still in a cold war with you? You're not young anymore, you'll be three in a few years, you should start a family as soon as possible, if you really can't pull your face, I'll help you go to your target's house to explore the wind.
Zhou Ting's face was a little unnatural, I don't know if it was my illusion, his gaze was a little playful, but it quickly returned to normal, shook his head, and said that I went to look for her in the past few days, and I lived in her house for two days, how to say it, she said that she regretted being with me a little, and she was worried all day long, unless I could marry her, otherwise she would break up with me.
I nodded, saying that in the early days of a relationship, it is normal for girls to be insecure, and at this time you can't back down, you must always be by her side, let her feel your importance, and slowly get better.
Zhou Ting was very grateful to me, and said that he would try to find opportunities to accompany her more, and then told me that his company was busy, and he might often need to work overtime, so let me understand that if there is nothing to do, I can come to work tomorrow.
Of course I didn't have any opinions, I went home and slept for a while, and then told my wife that I was going to work in Xiao Zhou's company, she stiffened all over her body after hearing it, and she didn't say anything, so she asked me not to work too hard, go early and return early or something.
Because of the renovation of the building next month, most of the residents in the community have moved away, and it seems a little deserted at night, I am worried that my wife will be afraid, so I said that I will take my mother over to live with you, and my wife is a little resistant, saying no, I am not a child, and Xiaoyang will accompany me at home.
I looked at my wife's nervous expression and sneered in my heart, didn't I just want to have a tryst with the adulterer? It just so happened that I didn't catch that bastard, it's good that he didn't come, but when he came, I had to stab him to death!
In the evening, I sent a message to Huo Xinlan on WeChat, saying that I went to work in the company, and I might not pull goods in the future, so she asked Gao Ming to hire another one.
Huo Xinlan gave me a surprised picture, and didn't say anything, just wished me all the best, with a goodbye emoji attached to it.
I don't know why, I'm a little lost, now that the house is sold and the goods are gone, I shouldn't have anything to do with her in this life, right?
The next morning, I shaved off my face, dressed myself well, and officially went to work at Zhou Ting's company.
On the third floor of Baihong Building, where my former company is located, I have mixed feelings when I return to my hometown and look at the familiar and unfamiliar environment around me.
Tianting clothing, should be named after Zhou Ting, the scale of the company is not as big as I used to be, at most one-third, there are forty or fifty employees, divided into several departments, mainly do direct sales of clothing, he buys fabrics from customers, and then pushes them to others for processing, and sells them after the finished product.
Because of my sensitive identity, so when I joined the company was relatively low-key, Zhou Ting helped me complete the formalities, and also arranged an independent office for me, although it is not big, but it is very quiet, computers and drawing tools are readily available, and every few hours a female secretary comes in to give me a drink, which is quite comfortable.
It's just that Zhou Ting didn't lie to me, his company is really busy, I just came to need to draw a sample drawing for three different fabrics, I heard him say that the guests are in a hurry, so I can only work overtime every night for the next three days, and each time I arrive home at nearly eleven o'clock, at that time my wife has already slept, but I don't have time to quarrel with me, and the two of them are rare and quiet for a few days.
Zhou Ting, as the boss, is quite idle, almost everything is left to the assistant to manage, he will go home in the afternoon, his office is diagonally opposite me, every time he leaves, he will always close a safe on the computer desk, and then put a few locks, before leaving with confidence.
I thought the safe was full of valuables, and I didn't care about it, until the afternoon of the fourth day, when I went outside to smoke, I accidentally bumped into Zhou Ting and an acquaintance secretly chatting, and my brain banged, like being hit on the head, the whole person was stupid.