Chapter Ninety-Eight: You're Needed More Than You Imagined
Norman never talks to his colleagues about family and family affairs, because he really doesn't have the energy to talk about it, and there is no need to talk about it. He knows that people who do their business, their wives are generally not ordinary people, and he can't tell people that his wife is just a high school student, right? Moreover, in the past few years, she has indeed aged very quickly, sometimes she goes out to eat near home, and she is also used as their nanny, she is so angry, and he is too lazy to comfort - he only needs to make money and ensure their quality of life, it is enough, what cares about children, takes care of his wife, filial piety to the elderly, these, has no time, no energy, no care. However, under Li Li's care, everyone, even Li Li, knew that he was busy and no longer had any requirements for him except for money.
More than a year ago, when he was competing for the chairmanship of the Asia-Pacific region, he really tried his best and finally got his wish. But he found himself starting to suffer severe insomnia and couldn't sleep all night long. Li Li's slight snoring, which used to seem like a sense of security to him, now seemed like thunder, which upset him. He had to go to the living room to sleep, but found that he still couldn't sleep. He tried to stay in a hotel near the company for another night to see if it could improve, but he still couldn't sleep.
Until one day, Li Li took his mother to suddenly attack and kill the office building: it turned out that Li Li doubted whether he had anyone else, otherwise, how could he sleep in a separate room with her, and everyone in Hong Kong had to live in a hotel...... When she told her mother-in-law about her worries and grievances, her mother-in-law didn't say a word, got a pass to come to Hong Kong, and dragged her hand to catch the current in person to see if there was anything in his office, but there was nothing.
Norman explained to them that he couldn't sleep, Li Li didn't believe it, and his mother felt hypocritical: "You go to the field to do more farm work and see if you can sleep." It's still too idle! ”
Until one day, he was discouraged, grabbed Li Li's hand and said: "I really don't want to live anymore, it's not interesting to live at all." ”
Li Li smiled and comforted him: "Of course you have to live, no matter how boring it is, you have to live well to make money for us, such a big family depends on you!" ”
He also knew that he might be sick, and he had a disease that people who do this business are particularly prone to, so he asked Li Li to accompany him to see it. Li Li drove the car, seeing that he was wilting like never before, and knew that the situation might be really bad. Sure enough, the doctor told her: "depression", and it was very serious.
Li Li was so frightened that she quickly called Norman's parents, older siblings, and younger brother and told them about the situation. The family gathered around Norman, and the dejected Norman's eyes were blank, and he said to himself, "What's the point of living?" ”
"Of course it's interesting, how good it is to be alive! You can make so much money, and you still say it's boring, I really can't figure it out! The eldest brother shook his head again and again.
"What's the point of making money?" He seemed to be muttering to himself.
"Of course it's interesting to make money, don't say that you have the ability to make so much money, when I pay my salary every month, I am very happy to see the numbers on the card!" The eldest sister still feels a little sorry for this younger brother.
"What are you doing with all that money?" His gaze grew darker.
"Hey, you don't want money, we want money, even if you don't earn it for yourself, you have to earn it for us!" The second brother really couldn't understand this younger brother who was moaning without illness.
"Isn't there a tumor, a pack, no pain or itching, what's the disease? It's all my own imagination! What are you doing sitting here, why don't you hurry up and go to work! "The old father usually doesn't go out, but this time he heard that his son was sick, and he was so anxious to crawl over.
Li Li didn't think it was a disease at first, but seeing Norman's state getting worse day by day, and even crying like a child, she was really scared. Today, she finally coaxed him and sent him to the elevator of the office building. When she saw Brennan, whom Norman had been talking about, he seemed to find a piece of driftwood as he struggled in the ocean.
"Brennan, my husband appreciates you very much, he has been praising you at home, saying that he has been able to have a smooth career over the years, just because of you such a good helper. My ears are cocooned with these words. ”
"I've told you about his situation. He's got it now, and to be honest, I don't know what to do about it. ”
"I definitely can't tell your company, if I do, your company definitely doesn't want him, so what should we do with such a big family? It's all up to him to support it alone! All three of us are young, and the eldest is just starting junior high school. ”
"Don't say it, he's like this, don't talk about going to work, it's not easy to even go out, and the doctor explained, someone must accompany him, otherwise I'm afraid he will harm himself."
When he heard Mrs. Norman's words, he was shocked: he had already seen that there must be something wrong with his boss, and he wondered if he was sick, he knew that depression was a relatively high incidence in investment banking, but he had only heard a lot, and he had never really come into contact with such a patient. From the knowledge available, the disease is extremely difficult to treat, and it will be a challenging path for Norman and his family.
Before Li Li's words came out, she was the only one who was embarrassed, and after saying it, this question was also thrown to Bai Day: If the boss has any extreme behavior in the workplace, knowing that he is sick, and still knowing that he does not report it, is this considered negligence? But if you go to report, Norman's position has been promoted to the chairman of China, and if you want to report, you have to report directly to the global headquarters, skipping the report and not mentioning, if his job can't be kept, or his income has plummeted, what will their family do?
On the night he accompanied Mi Weichun to drink, when he returned home, he was sensed by Aimee. When she listened to Norman's situation in the daytime, it was both sympathetic and tricky. Aimee gently stroked Bai Tian's back: "Da Bai Bai, I know you are very uncomfortable and embarrassed. ”
Although Bai Tian rarely talks about work at home, his boss is someone who is often mentioned in conversations with Aimee, in Zheng Min's words: Listen to mature people. Over the years, on occasions when Aimee and Bai Tian made an appointment to meet at the airport, and occasionally waited for him downstairs in Bai Day's office, he also met and greeted Norman, he was full of energy, enthusiasm and courtesy, and what Bai Bai said the most was that the boss was extraordinarily energetic and indomitable, why did he get sick?
"My advice is, don't be the one who reports. Your boss is not only in contact with your subordinate at work, but also his boss, and his boss should feel more obvious if there is something abnormal about him. He will also reach out to other colleagues, and you will definitely not be the only one who will find him abnormal. "Thinking about it in the daytime, I think it makes sense, and as a boss, he is really sensitive to the emotions and movements of each subordinate, so Norman's boss should also feel it, right?
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