Chapter 348: A new official takes office
New Monday.
Lingnan, Yangcheng Airport.
Standing at the exit of this familiar terminal, Jiang Kan took a big breath of the humid air from the south.
At the beginning of May, it is already a southern style of thorny flowers blooming and palms swaying.
I haven't been here for more than ten years, but this time I came to completely change my identity from before, and it's really a life experience, so wonderful.
The last time I was here was when I just graduated.
At that time, he was just an ignorant young man who didn't know anything, had never been out of the province, and had never seen the outside world, a stunned young man who came here to work with a dream for the future.
When Shaohua has passed, more than ten years have passed, and he came here again, but he is already a branch resident commissioner of a large company with a good reputation in China and the forefront of the industry, and his level is also on par with the general manager of the branch here.
"Hehe, thirty years in Hexi, thirty years in Hedong, I, Jiang Kan is back!"
Dragging the small suitcase, Jiang Kan teased, walked outside to the shade of a palm tree to hide from the sun, and then took out his mobile phone to make a call.
This is the number left by Minister Yang to Jiang Kan, saying that he can contact him after arriving here.
At that time, someone will naturally pick him up to report to the branch, and including the residence, he will also be arranged by the people on the branch side in advance.
"Lao Yang is really a good person, I don't care about him anymore, and he takes care of me like this, I guess he wants to have a good relationship with me."
Waiting for the phone to be connected, Jiang Kan muttered to himself and looked back and forth at the surrounding scenery, and a hot feeling suddenly hit, making his head suddenly a little dizzy, so frightened that he hurriedly rubbed his temples with his other hand, and finally felt a little more comfortable.
"Toot ~ Toot ~ Hey, hello!"
The phone was connected, and the voice of a girl with a very crisp voice on the other end was full of energy.
"Hello, is it the staff of Feiyang Entertainment Yangcheng Branch? I'm Jiang Kan, and our Minister Yang contacted me about it with you before."
Jiang Kan's head gradually returned to clarity, but the sun here was too hot, so he still felt a little unbearable, so he unzipped his coat and unbuttoned the first button of the shirt inside to be a little more comfortable.
"Ah, yes, yes, I'm the staff member who came to greet you, and you're at the exit of the terminal, right?" If you go about 100 meters outside and turn right, you will see my car, the red 4th ring Q5, and you can't drive in again......
Hanging up the phone, Jiang Kan dragged his suitcase and walked out, but after walking less than a few dozen meters, he saw a little girl with a ponytail of about 1.65 meters running over quickly, standing still in front of him, and then bowed lightly and saluted:
"I'm really sorry just now, I should have thought that you came with a salute, come and I'll help you with your suitcase!"
After speaking, the little girl stretched out her hand and wanted to take the suitcase in Jiang Kan's hand.
"You recognize me?"
Jiang Kan was a little stunned, the other party's attitude was obviously seen by himself.
"Haha, you are the minister sent by the headquarters, how could we not have seen your photo...... and your previous outstanding performance in "Xia Guo Good Singer", I have also watched every issue, how can I not recognize it!" ….
The little girl had already taken the suitcase and dragged it in her hand, and wanted to pick up the backpack on Jiang Kan's back, this enthusiasm frightened Jiang Kan, and hurriedly signaled that she didn't need to help with this, just carry it herself.
Along the way, the little girl was like a little sparrow chatting with Jiang Kan on Twitter, and from time to time she turned her head to glance at Jiang Kan's handsome face, because the movements were too obvious, Jiang Kan was a little embarrassed.
"By the way, I haven't asked what to call it yet?"
After taking a moment, Jiang Kan finally had the opportunity to ask the little girl's name, can't she always be called "hey, hey"?
"Oh, sorry, I forgot to introduce myself...... I
My name is Xiang Ping, I will be your assistant and secretary here in the future, you can tell me if you have any needs, and I will also help you introduce you to your colleagues here, and be responsible for your work communication here."
"Well, hello to you, I will take care of you this year."
Jiang Kan's impression of this little girl is also quite good, polite, generous, although a little too lively, but it's better than a sullen bag that can't play a P for half a day, right?
"Where and where, I still need Commissioner Jiang to take care of me...... Oh, it's about two hours to drive to the office, so if you're very tired, you can sleep in the car, and the back of my car is very spacious!"
While talking, the two came to the place where Xiang Ping parked, Jiang Kan took a look, oh, a big red four-ring Q5, a model that he couldn't be more familiar with, this car was really wild and hot driven by a little girl.
"Okay, then I'll squint for a while, you can call me when you get to the company, I haven't been to Yangcheng for a long time, and I'm really not used to it."
When he got in the car, he took off his coat, but fortunately, Xiang Ping had already turned on the air conditioner in the car, and there was a cool feeling as soon as he came in.
"Okay, then you can rest for a while, and I'll call you when it's time!"
Xiang Ping put the suitcase in the trunk, then opened the door and got into the car, skillfully shifted gears and put the handbrake on the accelerator to start, and the car drove out of the parking lot with vigor and rushed towards the branch.
"Slow down, slow down, I'm not ......in a hurry."
Jiang Kan felt a strong feeling of pushing his back, and the dizziness that had just eased up was aggravated, and he hurriedly shouted twice, and then he felt that the speed of the car had slowed down a little, and the force on his back had become gentle.
Jiang Kan picked up his mobile phone, sent a message to his parents to report that he was safe, and sent another message to Zhang Lingling saying that someone had come to pick him up, and he closed his prestige without waiting for them to reply.
Then, he turned on a music player, then plugged wireless headphones into his two ears, and selected a few popular Cantonese songs to play in Lingnan.
The customs and habits of the Lingnan region of Xia are very different from those of other places, and the usual language habits are to communicate in the local Cantonese.
Unless they encounter out-of-town tourists who take the initiative to ask for directions in Chinese, they give priority to speaking the local language.
Therefore, most of the more popular local songs are written and sung in Cantonese, and Chinese songs cannot be eaten here, and there is a large cultural barrier, which is the main reason why the company's headquarters personnel and other branch personnel covet the position of commissioner, but do not dare to rashly risk coming here to support. ….
Fortunately, Jiang Kan has worked and lived here for a few years before, and although he knows Cantonese or not, he is generally not exclusive to this cultural atmosphere.
Coupled with the help of the system, he came over with confidence and boldness.
……
I don't know how long it took, Jiang Kan finally felt the car stop.
"Commissioner Jiang, we've arrived!"
She didn't speak all the way, but the little girl who was humming a song to herself turned her head and shouted at Jiang Kan, who was leaning on the backrest and pretending to sleep, so that the latter instantly sobered up.
"Arrived? I feel like I've been driving on the road for a long time......
Jiang Kan took off the headphones and put them in his pocket, turned off the mobile phone, and carried the backpack on his back.
"Traffic jam, you know on Monday morning, you can usually walk for two hours, but now it's almost an hour longer......
Xiang Ping was also a little unhappy and complained about the bad traffic in Yangcheng, then got out of the car, closed the door, ran to the back quickly, opened the trunk, and lifted Jiang Kan's suitcase.
"Wow, this is where the branch is located here?"
Jiang Kan looked at a ten-storey building in front of him, although it already had a little sense of age, and it was not a brand-new building that had only been built in recent years, he still couldn't help but let out a sound of admiration.
It is worthy of being an economically developed region
Ah, the branch here is actually a building with more than ten floors!
Like the branch in Rongcheng, it is only one or two floors of a building!
When Jiang Kan was holding his hands on his waist and looking up at the building with envy, Xiang Ping, who was dragging his suitcase, poured a basin of cold water on him:
"Commissioner Jiang, this is someone's business building, and our branch is on the eighth floor, with only one floor......
"Huh? Only one floor?"
Jiang Kan turned his head and looked at the other party in surprise.
And Xiang Ping could only scratch the tip of her nose helplessly, and nodded a little embarrassedly.
「……」
Jiang Kan was speechless.
Well, I thought that the branch here would be very pompous, but I didn't expect it to be just one floor like the Rongcheng branch.
It's just that according to rumors, the branch here was very prosperous when the Xiangjiang entertainment industry was still developed a few decades ago, and its performance even had a tendency to catch up with and surpass the head office of Modu.
Unexpectedly, decades have passed, and with the loneliness of the Xiangjiang film, television and music circles, the level here has also followed the river, and now it has reached a situation where it is almost unsupportable.
It's really poignant to think about.
Jiang Kan shook his head, threw these feelings out of his mind, and followed Xiao Xiang into the building and into the elevator.
"Actually, we still have our own building in Tianhu District, although it is only five floors, it is still very beautiful......
In the slightly old and simple elevator, Xiang Ping also saw Jiang Kan's disappointment with the environment here, and couldn't help but "justify".
"At that time, the efficiency of the branch was good, and there were many entertainment companies that asked us to invite songs, but with the expansion of Radiant Entertainment here, and our main composer was poached a lot, so the company's business volume fell again and again, and finally I had to rent out the building to make some money, and moved here to rent only one floor, and the difference between inside and outside can also subsidize the financial ...... of the branch."
Jiang Kan didn't say anything, but nodded from time to time, saying that he felt the embarrassment here, and he wanted to come to this girl to cry in front of herself, the commissioner sent by the headquarters, hoping to get more support.
"Please come in, this floor on the eighth floor is our company's territory."
When the elevator stopped, the two had already arrived at the door of the Yangcheng branch, and Xiao Xiang stretched out his hand to invite.
"Well, the setup is pretty refreshing."
It is also Jiang Kan who has been working in society for about 20 years, otherwise those stunned young people with low emotional intelligence would definitely open their mouths and say, "It's so simple".
"Xiao Xiang picked up someone back?"
The company does not have a front desk, open the elevator door is a glass door, after entering is a screen, after the screen is an open hall in front of him, one by one office space with a meter high partition separation, is a semi-open workstation.
When everyone saw the stranger entering, they all stood up and looked at the door, either arrogantly or in a low-key manner.
"Is that the commissioner from headquarters?"
"Look at the age of about thirty, I don't know if it's reliable!"
"Are you stupid, are you still reliable? That's Jiang Kan! A superstar in the world of composition!"
"That's it, haven't you watched "The Good Singer of Xia Country"? His voice is also very strong!"
"Who will go to watch those programs sung in Chinese if they have nothing to do, our Cantonese songs are the best!"
"That is, the northern Yankee can't understand the essence of our Cantonese at all, if he can only write Chinese songs, I am not optimistic about his future, and the market here is not what they think at all!"
……
Jiang Kan was led by Xiang Ping to walk in, and he also heard some discussions about him along the way.
But it's not surprising to him that in a branch office that is gradually declining, capable people try to jump out as much as possible, and a few sand sculptures will take the initiative to jump here.
So Jiang Kan's gaze and discussion of these people are also understandable
If he were an indigenous employee here, he would probably think about it in this way.
"I've heard all his songs, and they're well written, but the problems and difficulties on our side have been accumulating for many years, even if he's a fairy, how much effect can he have?"
"Yes, yes, and the situation on our side is different from other branches, plus we haven't received any decent orders for a few months, and the existing orders can't be completed...... There are even rumors that the payment of wages will be delayed......
"yes, haven't you delayed the distribution once before, but it's hard to find a job now, so it's better to live than to die......
"Yes, those capable bigwigs in the company have long been dug up by these companies and left, no matter how sharp the people in our marketing department are, they are also no rice cooker, anyway, Lao Liu's side is not going to leave, as soon as he leaves, our company will really have no pillars!"
……
Along the way, the whispers he heard all the way made Jiang Kan's heart sink again and again.
Unexpectedly, this has come to this point?
The second-largest entertainment company in China, the branch of Yangcheng, has been reduced to the extent of delaying the payment of wages? ….
With apprehension, Jiang Kan was led to an empty office by Xiang Ping.
The door number is newly nailed, and it reads "Commissioner's Office" in three large blue letters.
A relatively new boss desk is placed inside, and it is equipped with a cowhide executive chair that looks very neat and clean, but it is indeed some years old.
On the table was a newly equipped computer, a printer, and a fairly new landline phone.
Surrounded by a circle of rattan chairs and sofas and two small coffee tables, on top of which are placed a porcelain tray, a teapot and several porcelain cups.
There are water dispensers and trash cans in the corner, and there are a few pots of green plants in the room, and the leaves are very fresh.
The office is located in a corner of this floor, so it faces the street on both sides, and the floor-to-ceiling glass windows are also scrubbed clean, and the view is quite good.
It seems that the leaders here are very attentive to the commissioners sent by the headquarters, and everything is very much in line with Jiang Kan's wishes.
"I have a heart."
Jiang Kan put the backpack on the rattan chair sofa next to him, put his fingers on the tabletop and turned around half a circle to the seat.
There is no dust on the fingers, and the style of the branch is indeed very authentic.
"Commissioner Jiang, you're polite, this is what we should do."
Xiang Ping heard Jiang Kan's sentence "I have a heart", and combined with his actions just now, he understood what he was talking about, and said with great relief.
After all, he is a commissioner assigned by the headquarters, and arranging a better working environment for him is also conducive to his happy mood, which can have a good impact on better creation and guidance.
Of course, giving him a separate office is also out of respect for him, and secondly, it is also to separate him from the other employees here, so that the frustration and resentment of the employees will not infect him, and the atmosphere here is getting worse.
I have a feeling of lifelessness and heavy depression every day in the company, Commissioner Jiang is still full of hope and vitality when he first comes here, but he can't be eroded quickly.
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