Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 526 Xi Wanqing's Dream
The thing people fear most in life is comparison!

Especially in terms of relationships!

Because in a person's social circle, there will always be people of the opposite sex who are better than those around them...

Even though the other person is unlikely to be a good partner, many people still subconsciously regard this most outstanding person as their own partner selection standard, and will have this idea: Even if I can't find someone as good as him/her, it can't be too far behind~
Although many people know that they are not worthy of this most outstanding person, they will still subconsciously compare him with the person pursuing them or even their boyfriend or husband.

This comparison will generally produce unsatisfactory results.

Because no one is perfect, especially the people around us.

On the other hand, it is an illusion caused by distance.

People will understand the people around them better, knowing their strengths as well as their weaknesses.

However, for people who are far away from us, we can often only see a few sides, either good or bad, and it is impossible to have a truly in-depth understanding of them. When we see the good side of the other person, we will feel that the whole person is good.

Therefore, appropriate distance can easily create beauty!

It’s not because the other person is really perfect, but because people only see the beautiful side of the other person.

At this time, if there is a problem with self-cognition, it will easily lead to a series of emotional problems, either being single for a long time, or frequently falling in and out of love, or being full of complaints in your love life!
Xi Wanqing naturally had sufficient self-awareness. She was very clear about her social status and abilities, and even more so about how big the distance was between herself and someone like Xu Shenxue. She also knew that she would never be able to stand with him in her life.

Even Xi Wanqing didn’t think that she liked Xu Shenxue... He was just a boss, that’s all!

She is not a silly and ignorant girl. She fought her way out of millions of people to become the manager of Liuhe Investment. She has enough emotional intelligence and IQ!

However, even though Xi Wanqing had a clear enough self-awareness, she could not resist Xu Shenxue hanging around in front of her every other day.

A goddess full of filters is hanging around in front of you every day, and from time to time she talks to you in a kind tone that even appears "gentle" under the filter, even though she is talking about work content... but you probably can't stand it!

It's normal to dream about her!
Xi Wanqing was caught in such a situation: she saw Xu Shenxue every other day at work, and almost all of her work revolved around Xu Shenxue.

Almost every time Xu Shenxue went on a business trip, she would go along with other people in the team.

Her work and even a large part of her life revolved around Xu Shenxue: except for sleeping, she spent the rest of her time around Xu Shenxue. Even when she was on a business trip and had meals, they occasionally ate together: even though it was Xu Shenxue and Dong Jingban's people having a working meal together.

She spent a lot of time around Xu Shenxue, and as time went by, the image of Xu Shenxue, or the symbol, continued to strengthen in her mind...

However, this impression is not real and comprehensive, but is heavily filtered: Xu Shenxue is still very kind to the staff in Dong Jingban... The assistants in Dong Jingban are all top business elites carefully recruited, and many of them are trained as senior management. Xu Shenxue will not treat them as ordinary employees, at least on the surface he will give them enough respect.

So you can see that Xu Shenxue is very friendly when he gets along with Dong Jingban’s assistants!

Although Xi Wanqing seemed close to Xu Shenxue, the actual distance was still very far... All she could see was one side of Xu Shenxue at work.

There is no living side, nor is it the full work side, it is just a partial work side!

This one-sided impression was so profound that when she looked at many men of the same age around her, she would subconsciously compare them with Xu Shenxue...even though she herself knew that there was no comparability between the two, and she didn't even think she was making a comparison.

But this subconscious behavior will still affect her!
The result is clear. When looking at people, I always have strange thoughts, such as:
What kind of people are they? Even if they don’t have Mr. Xu’s talent, they should at least have 30% of Mr. Xu’s effort, right?
It's a pity for such a person. He doesn't have Mr. Xu's talent. What's the point of working so hard? If you're heading in the wrong direction, the harder you work, the more you will fail. Do you understand?

She herself didn't even know that she often used Xu Shenxue's one-sided positive image as a criterion to judge people... and using Xu Shenxue as a standard to look at other men was extremely ridiculous.

Who is Xu Shenxue? He is the richest man in the world and the boss of the most prestigious high-tech company in the world!

Many of his decisions have directly affected the rise and fall of related global industrial chains, and his name is a frequent guest in various financial and technological news around the world.

Occasionally accepting an interview with a reporter and publicly saying something related to the industrial chain can even cause the stock price of listed companies in the relevant industrial chain to fluctuate...

People like Xu Shenxue are among the smallest group of people on earth in terms of social status and influence.

Comparing him with ordinary men, or even with those elite men in people's perception, is absolutely ridiculous!
Where do so many Xu Shenxue come from? There is only one in the world!
Many netizens in the United States are arguing on the Nikkei topic about why the United States cannot cultivate top high-tech companies like Zhiyun Group?

Why can't our education system produce a Xu Shenxue or something like Balabala...

Look at Xu Shenxue, and then look at those capitalists on our side... Compare the goods and you will throw them away!

Comparing someone like Xu Shenxue with ordinary men would be ridiculous.

Of course, Xi Wanqing didn't think that she was using Xu Shenxue as a comparison object...

She just felt that the men around her were not very good...none of them could make her fall in love.

People who live and work by the sea for a long time and are accustomed to the vastness of the sea will not think that small lakes or rivers are also magnificent!
But this is a typical case of cognitive bias.

Just because there is a billionaire next to you, it doesn’t mean that workers who earn hundreds of thousands a year are trash... You are not that billionaire!
Xi Wanqing is in a similar situation now!
She was always around Xu Shenxue, and then she felt that other men were not as good as her and looked down on them...

Now her mother sends her messages to ask about her recent life and whether she has made any new friends, which makes her feel a little annoyed... It's like she doesn't want to get married. There's nothing I can do if I haven't met someone I like. I can't just settle for someone I don't like. She's not going to lose face to this extent.

With her ability and income, she wouldn't just find someone to marry. She's not the kind of ordinary woman who doesn't have the ability to support herself and has to find a long-term meal ticket.

She is a PhD graduate from Peking University and Tsinghua University, and is the assistant to the chairman in the Dong Jing Office of Liuhe Investment, with an annual salary of more than one million yuan, and there will be a bigger stage waiting for her in a few more years... If she does a good job and gets a chance to be transferred out, even to a core enterprise like Zhiyun Group, she will at least be a middle or senior management at the M7 level.

But even though I was annoyed, I still patiently replied to my mother's message and briefly talked about work and life... saying that I had been busy with work recently and was on a business trip.

The implication is, don’t ask, your daughter is still single…

But not long after, her mother called.

After answering the phone and briefly saying a few words about taking care of your health when you are on a business trip, her mother said tactfully: "Qingqing, do you still remember Professor Li, your mother's colleague?"

"I went to her house for tea a few days ago and saw her son who had returned from abroad... You still remember her son, right? You often played with him when you were a child."

"I haven't seen him for many years. The shy boy has become a handsome young man. He is also doing well in his studies and has graduated with a Ph.D. from MIT!"

Upon hearing this, Xi Wanqing had a bad feeling!

Sure enough, her mother continued on the phone: "Now he has returned to China as a talent introduction. He has joined our school to teach. He is the youngest associate professor in our school. If he produces some results in a few years, it is very likely that he will become a full professor before he is 40."

Xi Wanqing said at this time: "Hey, Mom, you don't have to worry about my affairs, I know everything!"

The voice on the other end of the phone paused for a moment, then said, "Actually, Mom is not rushing you. I don't mean that. I know you have had your own opinions since you were young. I won't interfere with you in matters of love. I fully respect your own opinions!"

"It's just that I've met Professor Sun, he's a very nice guy, so I wanted you young people to get to know him. After all, we've known each other since childhood, so we know each other well!"

Xi Wanqing said: "We already knew each other, there's no need to get to know each other again!"

Professor Li’s son, Dr. Sun, no, now he is Associate Professor Sun. She had met him many times when she was a child. When she was taking the college entrance examination, he even tried to get into the same school as her, but he failed... Later, they went to their own colleges and had no contact with each other. I heard that he went to study abroad at MIT after graduating from college.

That guy was chubby when he was a child, and he had a face full of acne when he was in middle school... She really couldn't appreciate him.

I couldn't like Girls' Generation before, and I still can't like them now.

When Xi Wanqing's mother heard her words, she was silent for a moment before saying, "Okay, but you have to be more careful. After all, we are not young anymore. We will be 30 next year. We have to take care of work, but we can't give up our lives. We have to balance work and life!"

Xi Wanqing said: "You are talking about my age in lunar years. I am only 28 this year, and 30 next year..."

After saying a few more words, Xi Wanqing finally hung up the phone!
Then, holding the phone in her hand, she lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling... It has only been a short time since she graduated, why is she already being urged to get married?

I used to see various topics on the Internet such as being urged to get married and older single women, but I always felt that they had nothing to do with me, and I just watched them from the perspective of a bystander or watching the show.

But I never thought that one day I would become one of them!

This is ridiculous!
As she was thinking, she picked up her phone to watch short videos. After watching a few, she saw a short video of an older single woman talking about being forced into marriage... This made her feel a little empathetic, so she watched it a little longer and even left a comment.

As a result, big data played a role. She then frequently watched short videos about various types of older single women, marriage and love... Under the influence of big data, she watched more and more.

Finally, she saw a short video of a woman in love with her boss... This made her watch the entire video without realizing it, and she even opened the comments after watching it.

Many people in the comment section are talking about their experiences of falling in love with their supervisor or boss. Some even say that their favorite supervisor is a married man, but they shouldn’t do that, but they just can’t help themselves…

After watching this video, read these comments.

The figure of Xu Shenxue involuntarily emerged in Xi Wanqing's mind, and then she put herself in his shoes. What would he do if she fell in love with him?
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but immerse myself in it.

After several minutes, she suddenly came to her senses!

Damn it... How could I have such a messed up idea?

I am not someone who likes married men, nor am I a mistress.

Mr. Xu is just a boss, nothing more.

What a mess I'm thinking about.

After putting aside the many thoughts in her mind, Xi Wanqing threw down her phone and stopped thinking about it. Instead, she took out clothes from the suitcase and prepared to take a shower and have a good sleep, as she had to go out for inspection again tomorrow!

However, while taking a shower, feeling the water spraying from the shower head and closing my eyes, the figure of Xu Shenxue unconsciously appeared in my mind again!

But she was rational enough and came to her senses quickly... Damn it, why did she think of these things again? These are not things I can think of!

She wants to be a strong woman in the workplace, she wants to move up to the senior management level of a large company and achieve the pinnacle of her life... How could she possibly dream about a love story between a boss and a female subordinate like those ordinary women with no breasts and no brains?

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The next day, when Xi Wanqing's secretary came to pick her up, she saw Xi Wanqing yawning...

"Assistant Xi, do you want me to buy you a cup of coffee to wake you up?" Secretary Xiaofang saw her like this and immediately said, "There is a coffee shop in the executive lounge downstairs. I'll go get you a cup. It will be quick!"

Xi Wanqing nodded with panda eyes: "Okay, thank you for your hard work, Xiaofang!"

Xiaofang immediately turned around and hurried to buy coffee.

Xi Wanqing closed the door and sat back on the chair. She just happened to see herself in the mirror... She looked a little bad. Even though she had put on makeup, it couldn't hide her tired and haggard complexion and the faint dark bags under her eyes!
Alas, I have been too busy with work recently and haven’t had a good rest.

And I didn’t get a good rest last night!

I don’t know what happened last night, I actually had a dream, and it was a nightmare!
She dreamed that Xu Shenxue suddenly pounced on her one day, said that he loved her, and said that he wanted to divorce his wife to be with her, but she didn’t want to be a mistress and directly refused... Mr. Xu, you can’t do this, this is not okay!
But Boss Xu kept chasing her, step by step, forcing her into no escape, and finally she could only prepare to succumb to his clutches... But the good things hadn't started yet, and suddenly the door of the room was opened. At a glance, it turned out that it was Xu Shenxue's main wife who rushed in, followed by a group of palace maids. One of them looked like an old palace maid like Rong Mama, and she was holding a long steel needle to stab her: I told you to seduce the emperor, I told you to seduce the emperor...

This scared her awake!
This absurd dream, this damn steel needle, it’s so fucking scary!

After she woke up from the dream, she couldn't fall asleep again for a long time. She even kept the lights on. It took her a long time to fall asleep again in a daze until the alarm on her mobile phone woke her up.
I didn’t sleep well last night, and I looked like this when I woke up this morning... looking so haggard.

This damn dream!
(End of this chapter)