Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

"There's a company here looking for a development manager. It's a good fit for you, A-Zu."

After dinner, everyone was watching TV, drinking tea and chatting in the living room. A Yao was reading a newspaper nearby and happened to see a job advertisement, so he took the initiative to talk to A Zu. He also knew that he was a little too radical just now, so he took this opportunity to ease the relationship between the brothers.

"Oh, you can consider it. The monthly salary is 3,000 plus commission, and the annual salary is triple plus overseas travel." A Zu took the newspaper and looked at the benefits information on it, and became interested. "I am determined to get this job. I will go back and write my resume now. It's an expansion of my strengths."

"Your strengths are your strengths, but you must be polite when you go for a job interview. It's better to be polite than to be careless, okay?" The old man stopped A-Zu who was about to go back to his room and told him. A-Zu nodded to show that he understood and went straight back to his room to prepare his resume.

The next day, when A-Zu went to the interview, he remembered what his father said, but he was kicked out because he was too polite. As soon as he walked into the interview office, he shook hands with everyone, and then the HR poured him a glass of water. He found that the previous interviewees had not taken their cups away, so he picked up the cups and threw them into the trash can.

But when he was throwing away the garbage, he accidentally knocked over the flowerpot next to the trash can. He had to pick up the broom and sweep it clean, then mop it again. By the time he finished all this and returned to his seat to start the interview, half an hour had passed.

"Kang Sheng, do you know what position we are recruiting for today?" asked the HR manager. A-Zu nodded and replied, "The Development Manager."

"Then do you know what qualifications are required to work in the development department?" the HR manager continued to ask.

"Be brave to explore and innovate." A Zu blurted out. The HR manager shook his head and said, "Your words and actions just now showed no pioneering spirit at all. I wasted half an hour in vain. To put it bluntly, you are very nagging. You are not very suitable for our company. Please go back."

A-Zu walked out of the building where the company was located with a look of disappointment on his face. He was so depressed that he did not go home directly. Instead, he came to the tea restaurant company and found Er Lao to complain.

"I'm not saying anything bad about you, but whether you're carrying money or fir, you need to lower your neck." After hearing A-Zu's complaints, Er Lao shook his head and smiled bitterly, "If it were me, Kang Qi Zong, would I clean up the paper cups? Would I clean up the rotten flower pots? I definitely wouldn't, I tell you."

"Then what will you do?" A-Zu asked unconvinced.

"I would pick up the plate and say to the boss, 'What is this?'" Er Lao made a gesture of picking up something from the ground, then pointed to the bottom of his hand and said, "What is under this?"

"Is there any need to say more? It's the root!" A Zu said impatiently. "Wrong, it should be the stem. What is this?" Er Lao pointed to the top of his hand pretending to hold a plant and asked.

"Branches." said A-Zu.

The second brother shook his head, "What branches? They are leaves, handsome boy."

"Tsk, that doesn't make sense." A-Zu waved his hand and said sarcastically.

"What's the nonsense? What do they add up to? They add up to stems and leaves, handsome boy." Er Lao shouted loudly. He was using a homophonic pun. A Zu was shocked. How could he play it like this? He said with conviction: "I admire you! You are indeed the Tu Fuling in my mind. I have eaten Tu Fuling before."

When A Zu went to the next company for an interview, he used the same trick, but he was just copying it. There was a plate of potted plants without leaves on the general manager's desk, but he pulled it up and said that if there were leaves on it, it was the stems and leaves. His specialty was dedication. The general manager scolded him, "Do you know how much I spent on this plate? More than 20,000 yuan, get out of here, go!"

When A Zu went home for dinner that night, he criticized Er Lao harshly. He thought that it was Er Lao who caused him to fail the interview. Er Lao also felt that he was wronged. The potted plant was fine, but you pulled it up and it had no leaves. You insisted that it had leaves. Who can you blame?
"Azu, don't look into who is responsible now. If you really can't find a job, why don't you go to the tea restaurant to help your second brother?" Diana patted Azu and made a suggestion. Before the second brother could say anything, Azu rejected it himself, "Wife, why are you butting in? You know my temper best. No matter how unlucky I am, I will not go to the tea restaurant."

"Hey? Is my tea restaurant so bad now?" Er Lao was not convinced and angrily said, "Please don't come to the tea restaurant. I don't want another person who eats but does nothing in the tea restaurant."

Ah Zu was already unhappy and now he got even angrier after hearing what Er Lao said. He retorted: "Er Lao, don't worry. I won't go even if you invite me."

"What are you arguing about?" A Yao came out holding a pile of books and handed them to A Zu. "'Ten Secrets to Applying for a Job', 'Nine Secrets to Interviewing', 'Killer Skills for Job Interviewing'. They are all good books. I used them to find a job after graduation. If you want to learn something, you must learn these professional things."

A Zu took these books home and studied them for two nights. He then passed the initial interview of a company and entered the final interview with the general manager of the company. When the general manager asked him about his management methods, A Zu said, "Let me give you an example. We all know that Cao Wei is the most powerful among the Three Kingdoms, but in fact, Cao Cao is not easy to fight. He has many powerful generals under him, such as Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Zhang Liao, who all fight for him with all their strength. Why?" "Because Cao Cao knows how to use people. He arranges everyone to the position where they can best play their abilities. So I think as a department manager, you must coordinate work with your subordinates and assign them the tasks that are most suitable for them, so that you can bring out the ultimate team spirit."

The general manager was very satisfied. Just as he was about to speak to confirm that A-Zu passed the interview, his secretary walked into the office and whispered something to him. After listening, he asked the secretary to leave first, "Mr. Kang, I would like to ask how many general managers did you have in Weirui Company before?"

A-Zu didn't know why the general manager asked this, but he answered truthfully: "I am the only general manager."

"So what does Tang Guomin do?" the general manager continued to ask.

"Ms. Tang." A Zu hesitated for a moment, but still said honestly: "She was the general manager before I became the general manager, but I was the general manager when Weirui went bankrupt."

"What about Lin Deqi?" The general manager mentioned another name. "He is my subordinate." A Zu did not hesitate to answer this question directly.

The general manager shook his head and said, "Now all three of you claim to be the general manager of Weirui. I don't know which one of you has falsified your resume. It's better to be safe than sorry. So I'm sorry, we won't hire any of you three."

"Lin Deqi, don't let me see you. I'll beat you up every time I see you." As soon as A Zu walked out of the company, he cursed angrily. Speak of the devil, the devil will appear. As soon as he walked out of the building, he ran into A Qi who came for an interview. "A Zu, you are here for an interview too? Did you get it?"

"What success mean? I tell you, you don't have to go up. How dare you say you are the general manager? We are now suspected of being dishonest. People have said they will not hire us." A Zu was so angry that he cursed at A Qi and left without looking back.

When Kang Qirui returned to the Kang family at night, he saw A-Zu drinking alone in the courtyard garden. He thought for a moment, walked over to A-Zu and sat down, poured himself a glass of wine, took a sip, and then said, "Why are you drinking alone here?"

"A Rui, you're here. You're the most fair to the whole family. Tell me, am I a bad boss?" A Zu was already a little drunk.

"No." Kang Qirui and A'zu clinked glasses.

"Then why can't I get a job interview every time I go?" A-Zu asked drunkenly.

"You have no experience." Kang Qirui analyzed with him: "You used to do business in foreign-funded companies. Are the companies you are interviewing now foreign-funded? Are they the same business as before? They are different, right? Then why would they hire you if you have no experience and high salary requirements?"

Why do many people say it is difficult to change careers? Because you have no experience like the young people who just entered the industry, but their salary requirements are much lower than yours. Why do many people say that the 35-year-old crisis? Because at this age, the pressure of life leads to low salary and you cannot accept it, and your salary can hire two or even several fresh graduates.

"Then what do you tell me to do?" A-Zu asked with a bitter face.

"Have you ever thought about starting your own company?" Kang Qirui stopped A-Zu from drinking, put away his glass and said seriously, "For example, you could start a film and television company. People are better off now than before, and there is a greater demand for entertainment like TV and movies. This is still a big blue ocean in our country, and there are opportunities to do it."

"Film and TV company?" A-Zu asked doubtfully, "Can I do it?"

"I think we can give it a try." Kang Qirui nodded.

"But I have no money and no script." Although A-Zu was drunk, he still knew his own weight.

"I have the money. I also have the script." Kang Qirui said calmly, patted A Zu and stood up, "Okay, go back to sleep. If you still want to start your own company when you wake up tomorrow, come find me again." (End of this chapter)