Chapter 22: The Past Is Like Wine
A cool evening breeze blew on Schumann's body, stirring the hem of his skirt.
Schumann could see the hurried footsteps of pedestrians on the street in the distance, and the leisurely strolls in groups of three or five in the neighborhood after dinner; On both sides of the road, the trees are also caressed by the evening breeze, and it seems that the sound of rattling can be heard from a long distance.
After Schumann hung up the phone, he felt a sense of helplessness and sadness in his heart. In the past, she believed that Sister Nan, who had the grace of knowing herself, as a god, and in her six-year career, Sister Nan gave herself not only help and cultivation, but the light of her life. Such a statement is definitely not an exaggeration.
Schumann remembered six years ago when he had just graduated from college and was assigned to the company's sales department as an intern.
At that time, Schumann was ignorant, and even confused, and was assigned to this small company. Schumann who had just arrived in the sales department, Lao Zhang was the first employee of the sales department she met.
Lao Zhang, who is in his early forties, is the leader of the sales team. Majestic and somewhat empty-sighted, the five interns arrived at the company on the first day, and they were shocked by Lao Zhang's dismount!
A bottle of liquor in a small conference room. The five interns sat on their seats, watching Lao Zhang slowly open the bottle of liquor in front of him, holding it in his hand, as if holding a bottle of pure water, leaning his neck, gurgling sound, just two minutes, this bottle of liquor was poured into his stomach by Lao Zhang alone.
"Bang". The empty wine bottle was slammed on the table by Lao Zhang. Lao Zhang's eyes stared at the interns in front of him, his eyes full of disdain, ridicule, and even disgust.
Schumann grew up drinking a drop of alcohol, and when he smelled wine, he was nauseous. Seeing this scene, she was frightened stupid, she shrank back timidly, for fear that the old Zhang in front of her, who was like a drunk beast, would notice her, and let her come forward and have a drink with her by name.
Lao Zhang poured a whole bottle of liquor, his face did not change and his heart did not beat, and then as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, he led the interns to shout slogans by their necks, until they shouted dry and shouted hot.
Schumann can't remember what the slogan was shouted at the beginning, only the endless cheering! Come on! Come on! And the bottle of liquor that terrified her.
The next day, the interns gathered again in the conference room, and when they walked into the conference room, they saw six bottles of liquor on the table. Everyone didn't even dare to sit down when they saw so much wine, and they all retreated in horror until they retreated to the edge of the corner.
When Lao Zhang and Sister Nan walked into the conference room in turn, this was the first time Schumann saw Sister Nan, who was less than forty years old at that time, and was still a capable officer under Lao Zhang. With short hair, he looks very shrewd and capable.
A few bottles of liquor in front of him were placed on the conference table, not to mention Schumann, a girl, even the boys who were fellow interns with Schumann, and their faces turned pale with fright when they saw such a battle. Lao Zhang's eyes seemed to shoot a sharp light, and he looked at the intern in front of him who was frightened like a litter of rabbits with a contemptuous expression. They hid in the corner, looking at the liquor on the table with a look of fear.
"You...... Isn't it going to be a white bar? A female intern said timidly.
Lao Zhang's face showed a happy smile, looked at the female intern with approving eyes, and gave her a thumbs up: "Little girl, you're very smart!" That's right, today is a little test! The main purpose is very simple, that is, I want to see if you are suitable for sales, here are a few bottles of wine, one bottle for each of you, who drinks it first, who passes! ”
"Crazy! It's going to die! The female intern squinted at Lao Zhang, her face full of reluctance.
"Dead people? Didn't you see it when I drank it yesterday? Isn't it good to stand here today? Lao Zhang's expression became a little displeased, looking at every intern shrinking in the corner, a little disappointed, "Now the young man, why do you look like a bear!" I emphasize that if anyone doesn't drink, your internship report will not be qualified! ”
Lao Zhang's words made everyone very afraid, after all, Lao Zhang was their intern mentor, and one sentence could determine their life and death, who would dare to disobey? But the bottles of liquor in front of him are like several bottles of poison, and no one dares to try them at will......
"Li Nan! I'll go out first, you're watching, if these people haven't drunk before I come back, they're all going to fuck off!" Lao Zhang looked back at Sister Nan behind him, with an unhappy expression.
Sister Nan nodded, and after Lao Zhang walked out, the interns got together, and everyone's demeanor was very uniform, and no one was willing to try the liquor on the table.
Sister Nan stepped forward slowly, and said in a comforting tone: "It's all like this, it's a must to be able to drink alcohol in sales......"
"Who said you have to drink to do sales?!" Schumann didn't know where he got the courage to open his mouth and shouted at Sister Nan.
Sister Nan noticed Schumann, she looked at this fledgling little girl, and actually shouted and talked to herself like this, the corner of Sister Nan's mouth showed a smile, she picked up a bottle of liquor on the table, and shook it in her hand: "Whether you drink alcohol in sales depends on your ability to work in the future, but now, do you have the ability to persuade me not to let you drink?" ”
Schumann was stunned for a moment, she was just a blank slate when she left the campus and stepped into society, how could she have any idea ability to convince Sister Nan, who has been in the sales industry for many years? She looked at Sister Nan timidly, Sister Nan's appearance was not as strict as Lao Zhang's, and there was a kind of sympathy and care that she couldn't say to the intern.
"In the past, interns were persuaded to quit because they couldn't drink, not nothing, what Team Leader Zhang said was not alarmist, I sincerely hope that you, if you are not psychologically prepared, do not step into the sales industry, your courage has not been tempered, how to face customers in the future? How do you bring out your strengths? And how do you sell your own products? Sister Nan said earnestly to everyone.
One of the interns, a boy, raised his hand and said, "There are many ways to temper your courage, and I can do anything, and this is the wine...... I can't drink so much......"
"In the future, when you meet customers, you have to tell customers, I can do this, but I can't touch me! Do you think it's appropriate? Sister Nan said, a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, "Now it's a buyer's market, the customer is God, haven't you studied it in school?" ”
The boy was speechless, looked directly at the bottles of liquor on the table, and recalled in his mind that it was the amount of liquor that Lao Zhang Gulu swallowed in his mouth yesterday, and suddenly shuddered.
"Haven't you finished yet?" The door of the conference room creaked open, and Lao Zhang walked into the conference room following the voice, saw that there were still six bottles of liquor on the table, shook his head and laughed, "Li Nan, what are you talking to them about?" As always, all fuck off! Don't spoil the good wine I bought with so much money! ”
Sister Nan's face was a little disappointed, and she sighed slightly. Sister Nan walked up to the interns, looked at the five interns in front of her, with a regretful look on her face, and said, "You guys go back first......
The interns walked out of the conference room together, and Schumann walked at the back, her pace very slow. You must know that Schumann has always been known for his boldness and fiery temper in the past, Lao Zhang's words seriously stimulated her, when Schumann walked to the door, stopped his steps, and looked back at Lao Zhang, who was sitting in the distance with a sneering face, and Sister Nan with a look of regret.
"Do it alive, count it dead!" Schumann muttered to himself, rushed to the conference table with an arrow, picked up a bottle of wine on the table, screwed the cap, closed his eyes, tilted his neck, and heard only a grunt, and sent the wine down his throat.
The four interns who left in front of them also returned to the conference room when they heard the movement, and when they saw Schumann so violent, they all looked stunned, and let out an exclamation in their mouths.
Schumann's mind was blank at the moment, she felt a fire burning in her body, and she didn't know if it was caused by the alcohol or the suppressed anger in her heart. Schumann didn't dare to taste the wine, but just held his breath and let the wine go straight to his throat.
Schumann slightly let go of his eyes, seeing that the upturned wine bottle had gone down for the most part, he couldn't hold it back. Schumann put down the bottle and slammed it on the table, her hands propped up on the table, her eyes shining and panting.
She tasted the wine in her mouth, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, a little sweet, like the taste of water. Schumann was stunned for a moment, picked up the bottle, looked at the small half of the wine left in the bottle, and shook it.
"Look at what! That's soda! Lao Zhang stood up at this time, and it was rare to see an approving smile on his face, "Only one person passed this assessment!" What is your name? ”
Schumann was stunned, and was scared like this by a bottle of soda for a long time, Schumann coughed for a while before calming down: "Schumann......"
A piece of tissue paper was handed over in front of him, Schumann took the paper, and when he looked up, it was an expression of great appreciation for Schumann in his heart, which made Schumann have a boundless good impression of him.
In just three months, the interns left one after another. Only Schumann was left alone in the company and became a regular employee, and she also became Sister Nan's closed disciple.
Half a year later, the company expanded its scale after a series of financing, and the sales part was divided into four sales groups, Sister Nan became the leader of Group A, and Schumann continued to follow Sister Nan. Accumulating experience little by little, learning sales and drinking little by little, she gradually changed from an ignorant student to Sister Nan's most capable leader.
At this moment, Schumann thought back to the past, thinking that Sister Nan had given her countless encouragements and supports, and also taught her a lot of things she could and could not do in the workplace.