Chapter 395: "Singles' Day" and Double Eleven
Our online company is newly established and its staff is young enough.
The back-office technical department is all male colleagues. Only Ye Gong, who is in charge, has three years of work experience, and the rest should be novices he recruited who have just worked.
In our translation department, we only have a Mongolian translator, Ulan, a Mongolian girl with two years of work experience, and the rest are children who have just graduated from the college.
Entering an industry that I thought was avant-garde, and my colleagues were all recent students, made me feel younger.
The little colleagues are particularly cute, they are honest, straightforward, energetic and energetic. There is no sophistication of the old employees, and they believe in fairness and strength! Every time the company has a meeting, everyone really speaks freely and offers suggestions for our website.
Perhaps because this is a brand new company, there is no difference in seniority or age among colleagues, so many of the common problems in the workplace have not yet been seen among the employees of this company.
The way young people get along here reminds me of a campus I haven't seen for a long time. Years later, I remember how relaxed and happy I was with my younger colleagues.
Maybe it's because of my age, but I'm very well treated in the company! Both boys and girls have a lot of respect for me. However, the unsociable personality that I have developed since I was a child still makes me not so harmonious with everyone. Although I can talk to anyone, I don't have much interest in the activities of those young people.
I remember it was the first Double 11 I was exposed to. I wonder how November 11th has become a holiday?
Before getting off work, a few boys were in the office shouting what "Singles' Day" was going there! There are really a lot of people who cater to this proposal, and everyone says they want to participate.
I'm so confused that I can't figure out what they're going to do? The young man told me that 1 is the singular number 11 plus 11 symbolizing a group of singles. Since Valentine's Day is to be celebrated, the poor singles also found a holiday to celebrate themselves, so November 11 is called "Singles' Day".
After a year, it has been called Double 11 in China.
Because, at that time, perhaps more "Singles" thought that buying themselves a gift was the best way to celebrate. Since the people celebrating are overwhelmingly young. They are shopping intensively on this day, and online shopping is naturally the first choice for these fashionable people.
Without any warning, online sales on November 11 broke the all-time record overnight. Domestic media are vying to report on this, and savvy e-commerce companies have launched various discounted promotions on the eve of Double 11 next year, and the legendary Double 11 Consumer Day has been born!
I'm baffled by this ridiculous holiday. I can't define whether I'm a single person or not, and I'm not interested in how they celebrate.
However, I don't seem to want to let me go easily. They said that I don't participate in any activities every time, and I must go this time.
I said that I was really not used to their activities, I didn't know anything, and if I went, I would only spoil everyone!
Suddenly a boy asked:
- "Sister Lin, you don't like parties, so what do you usually do?" ”
- "What can I do?" Looking at the boy's curious eyes, I really didn't know how to answer his question.
- "Sister Lin, you don't want to play with us so much?" asked a girl
- "Where! It's either that I don't want to be with you, or I think I'm a few years older than you, and I can't play with you guys, and you're going to be bored with me. I said
- "It's not going to bungee jumping, why can't you play rock climbing," the two boys said scrimbly.
- "But, what is Singles' Day celebrated, I don't think it's for me! "I really don't have much interest in what they are proposing today.
- "You think Sister Lin is a bachelor like you!" Sister Lin has a boyfriend! Dai Pinjia saw my thoughts, and she helped me out.
- "Sister Lin, you're not married! If you're not married, you're single," said a boy, grinning.
- "Yes, if you are not married, you can celebrate" and someone else should have said to him
- "Don't pester Sister Lin anymore, be careful that Sister Lin's boyfriend is coming to clean you up" Dai Pinjia shouted to them!
- "Sister Lin, is your boyfriend Tyson?" A boy asked teasingly
- "Hehe......" I laughed and didn't answer.
- "Do you need Tyson to beat you like this?" Dai Pinjia squinted at the boy.