Tao Zhiyue usually gets up at 7:30, goes out at 8:30, and starts work at 9:00.
As he went to bed early last night and slept for a regular nine hours, Tao Zhiyue woke up at half past six. The room was filled with blue-gray sunlight. He got up and opened the window, and cool and pleasant fresh air rushed in, with the unique smell of the morning.
Seeing the good night greetings from HR, Tao Zhiyue's mood unconsciously jumped up. He hadn't heard a good night from others for a long time.
Tao Zhiyue felt that today was the best morning in recent times, and it was a Friday morning.
To celebrate this good day, Tao Zhiyue decided to go downstairs and run for half an hour after washing up.
Although he vowed to exercise and stay healthy from the day he was a freshman, going to bed early, getting up early, cooking and going to work every day had almost exhausted his self-control, so the gym trainer he had joined early was put aside, and the sports equipment he had bought a long time ago was put aside.
Tao Zhiyue put on new running shoes and tiptoed downstairs.
At this time of the day, office workers have not yet left the house. Occasionally, a middle school student would rush out with breakfast, or an old man carrying a woven basket would walk leisurely towards the vegetable market. Everywhere was filled with silence.
The community has a good geographical location. It is only a five-minute walk to a park with beautiful scenery. Residents around here often do morning exercises here.
It is early summer. Clusters of gardenia trees in the park are bathed in the faint morning light, lush and green. The white flowers are quietly blooming, exuding fragrance. The whole park is filled with the warm aroma of gardenias, a smell that often reminds people of childhood and hometown.
Running in such a fragrant air, time seemed to be infinitely stretched. Tao Zhiyue was covered in sweat, his mind was wandering, and he almost bumped into a little girl.
The little girl was about three or four years old, wearing a floral dress and with a rosy face. She was bending over to catch butterflies flying in the flowers on the roadside. She was so engrossed in the fun that she accidentally blocked the middle of the road.
Fortunately, Tao Zhiyue stopped in time. He breathed a sigh of relief and led the little girl to the safe grass. Seeing that there were no adults around, he squatted down and asked her softly, "Why are you playing here alone?"
The little girl stared at him blankly at first, her eyes round and pure black, then she smiled happily. Tao Zhiyue was stunned.
When he was in high school, there was a little girl of the same age living downstairs from his house. She was never shy and would always look at him with a smile when they met in the corridor.
Tao Zhiyue, who was about sixteen or seventeen years old, had always wanted a younger sister. He thought the little sister next door was very cute, so he brought her a beautiful candy every day, which made the little girl smile with eyes curved, and then she would say sweetly to him, "See you tomorrow."
"Grandpa is walking the dog, I don't know where he is going!" The little girl looked around carefully and answered him crisply.
Tao Zhiyue came to his senses and thought about it. He was worried about leaving such a little child alone in a crowded park, but he didn't dare to take her to find her grandfather rashly. He simply stayed by the side and waited for her grandfather to come find him.
"Big brother, my name is Qiuqiu." The little girl lost interest in Butterfly and started chatting with him. "You are very handsome, even more handsome than my brother."
Qiuqiu's innocent eyes showed undisguised love. Tao Zhiyue laughed and said, "You are also very beautiful, prettier than any other kid I know."
Qiuqiu was shy, holding her face, her voice full of joy, "Really?"
"Really." Tao Zhiyue nodded with a smile, "Qiuqiu, do you accompany grandpa to walk the dog every day?"
"Yes, Qiuqiu likes to get up early. Is this your first time running here, big brother? I haven't seen you in the morning."
Qiuqiu counted on her fingers. She had a good memory.
Tao Zhiyue was a little embarrassed. He couldn't even beat a little kid. "Big brother will come to run more often in the future. But when Qiuqiu accompanies grandpa to walk the dog, you must follow grandpa closely and don't get lost."
Qiuqiu was about to speak when she saw an old man trotting over with a snow-white Samoyed. Her attention was immediately diverted. "Grandpa! Where have you been?"
"Oh my little ancestor, I've been looking for you for such a long time!" The old man held his waist and gasped.
After recovering, the old man thanked Tao Zhiyue repeatedly, saying that the dog was running around and he didn't notice Qiuqiu for a while.
Tao Zhiyue smiled and said it was okay. He looked at his watch and it was time to go back for breakfast and go out for work.
When he turned to leave, Qiuqiu raised her chubby little hand and said goodbye to him with a smile: "Big brother, see you tomorrow!"
Tao Zhiyue was in a trance for a moment.
The little girl who will never grow up in his memory, holding colorful candy in her hand, smiled at him with curved eyebrows: Big brother, see you tomorrow.
At that moment, he almost thought he was back to where he used to live, the old residential building where he had lived for more than ten years. He had to walk up two more floors with his heavy schoolbag on his back. When he opened the door, his parents were waiting for him to come home from school.
The fragrance of gardenias filled the air and penetrated into his body, so sweet that it formed a dream that was indissoluble.
Tao Zhiyue didn't dare to look back, he fled in a hurry.
Zhitong Games Company.
The atmosphere in the company was a bit strange today. The CEO, who was usually late and left early, came early in the morning with a very serious expression. As soon as he arrived, he called away the HR manager and project producer, and the three of them went into the office and whispered.
Several employees who had been slacking off all day seemed a little nervous and looked around curiously.
Although this company's projects are bad, they are all quite profitable, so the salary level is acceptable. In the gaming industry where 996 is common, overtime is not that serious. For many people, this is already a good job.
Several private groups on pp have become lively. Since I am not in the mood to work on Friday, why not come together to gossip
Tao Zhiyue looked calm and arrived at the company on time. He ignored the whispers of people around him and the extremely excited Xue Huacan next door.
He turned on his computer and continued to fix the bugs according to the optimization plan he had conceived yesterday.
Half an hour later, three people came out together. The CEO looked around the office area, his eyes lit up, and walked straight to Tao Zhiyue's workstation.
When Tao Zhiyue followed the CEO away, he was still a little annoyed because he was just getting excited about writing.
But when he walked out of the CEO's office, he had a strange look on his face.
One should be happy when getting promoted and depressed when getting fired. The onlookers stared at Tao Zhiyue eagerly, trying to read some stories from his expression, but they were all confused.
… This expression, which is difficult to describe in words, seems to have a very rich connotation.
Tao Zhiyue did not disappoint them. When he returned to his workstation, he did not sit down directly, but stood next to Xue Huacan.
His voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for his colleagues to hear. "Can you tell Lao Li that I'm in contact with the HR of another company?"
As soon as the words fell, the melon field was in an uproar.
Xue Huacan was stunned for a moment, then he put on a fake smile and subconsciously glanced at Lao Li's empty seat. "I just mentioned it casually, but I didn't know that Lao Li told Mr. Guo."
The CEO's surname is Guo, and Mr. Li is on sick leave today.
Tao Zhiyue said calmly, "You peeked at my phone screen and then casually mentioned it to tell on me?"
"What do you mean by peeking or not? You said it so harshly." Xue Huacan said sincerely, "I just happened to come to look for you, and I accidentally caught a glimpse. Xiao Tao, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but this is really not good. What's the point of looking for a better job while still working? You can't be so impetuous after you just graduated... Oh, sorry, I forgot you haven't graduated yet."
As he said that, he changed the subject and pretended to understand, "If you really can't bear it, you can change jobs, but you are still in the company, but you are not working hard. The project schedule is so tight, but you are in a hurry to go home to buy groceries every day, and you are never willing to make more efforts for the company. What do other colleagues think?"
Other colleagues: We are enjoying the show, please don’t cue me.
A group of people pricked up their ears and eavesdropped frantically. It was so rare to see such an exciting face-to-face fight.
Tao Zhiyue was not angry at all, and even smiled, "Is the lesson enough?"
Xue Huacan continued to smile falsely, "This is not a lesson, Xiao Tao, you are just taking it too far. I am also your senior, how can you talk to me like this? Mr. Guo just talked about you, right? This is not enough to fire you, right? You should be more careful in the future..."
"Oh, speaking of which, I have to thank Senior Xue." Tao Zhiyue emphasized, "Boss Guo said he would give me a raise."
Xue Huacan's words got stuck in his throat before he could finish them, and he looked like he was talking nonsense.
Tao Zhiyue ignored him and continued, "After Mr. Guo talked to Lao Li, he learned that my daily workload was almost twice the normal amount. He felt that I was being treated unfairly, so he decided to double my salary."
Xue Huacan: …
"I was a little embarrassed at first, but Mr. Guo said that he knew I might want to change jobs and that the company was always short of programmers. If I left, the workload of other colleagues would increase, so he asked me to accept it."
Xue Huacan: … …
Tao Zhiyue added, "By the way, there will be a lot of unreleased new games for trial at the city's game show next week. Mr. Guo asked me to take a few days off with pay. Don't be too tired. Take some time to go to the game show and give some ideas for the company's next project."
Finally, Tao Zhiyue concluded his speech with a smile that was not sincere at all, "Anyway, I have to thank Senior Xue for minding my business."
Under wave after wave of attacks, Xue Huacan's face turned red visibly, as if he was about to have a cerebral hemorrhage in the next second.
There were bursts of exclamations from the colleagues who were watching.
Is this a cool story about office workers getting slapped in the face that they can read without paying
After saying that, Tao Zhiyue no longer gave Xue Huacan any extra glances. He sat down and put on his headphones to avoid being polluted by noise.
Thinking back to the conversation with the CEO just now, Tao Zhiyue still felt at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Because of HR's nickname, he was misunderstood as wanting to change jobs, which was outrageous enough.
What was even more unexpected was that Mr. Guo, who had an overly imaginative mind, still did not give up the conjecture that "a talented young master from a rich family came here incognito to look for projects to play with", and deeply reflected on the company's current quick-success-oriented skin-changing products. With tears in his eyes, he recalled his original intention of entering the game industry, and asked him if he was willing to do something more original, which led to this incident at the game exhibition.
Facing Mr. Guo's expectant eyes, Tao Zhiyue could only agree, but he couldn't help but start to worry in his heart. If this continued, he might have to change jobs again...
Moving is very tiring, Tao Zhiyue sighed silently.
After this incident, Tao Zhiyue lost his focus on work. He opened the shopping app and prepared to place an order for an anti-peep screen film for his phone and computer.
While he was browsing the products, a message suddenly popped up on pp.
[hr: Good morning, Dr. Tao! ]
[hr: I will be on a business trip to Jinbei City next week.]
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Regarding this abnormal behavior, he comforted himself by saying: This is respecting doctors. Respecting doctors means respecting life. Who doesn't respect life
When he logged into pp, he saw that Dr. Tao had indeed sent him a message. When Huo Ran was about to reply, he saw an unread message from Huo Zhendong in the list.
[Being contented is always happy: There have been changes in the investment in that game company in northern Shanxi. After re-evaluation, it was decided to invest only 30% of the shares, and derivative development has also been temporarily shelved, so there is no need to send people to stay there permanently.]
[Zhizu Changle: If you really want to go to northern Shanxi, there will be a game exhibition there next week. You can go and see if there are any projects worth doing that we can control.]
[Be contented:/shake hands/hold fists]
In order to encourage him to change his mobile phone, Huo Zhendong even at his old age specially registered an APP, which was used exclusively to send him messages. Unless there was an emergency, he would never call or text him.
From this point, it can be seen that he must be Huo Zhendong's biological son.
Huo Ran, who had been suffering from homosexual harassment recently and regretted not going to the Jinbei City project, complained to Huo Zhendong from time to time. It wasn't that he cared much about the project, he just wanted to escape from here in a legitimate way and go on a business trip anywhere.
Seeing Huo Zhendong say this, Huo Ran's eyes immediately lit up.
Dr. Tao is in Jinbei City, and Huo Ran also knows his work address, Jinbei City Seventh Mental Hospital.
Yesterday, under the guidance of Dr. Tao, he successfully scared away Xia Xingxi, who had been pestering him for more than half a month. From now on, at least he won't have to worry about someone knocking on the door in the middle of the night. It is reasonable for him to go to the hospital to thank Dr. Tao in person. He is not a formal patient and does not pay any fees, so what should he do to show his gratitude