Beijing, after all, has nothing to do with me

Chapter 4 A New Beginning (3)
The seats are close together, and everyone's voices are not shy of suspicion. As long as Tao Jie listens attentively, he can clearly hear the voices from the front, back and left.

Mai Zhiqiang smiled at Alice: "Probably only new employees can maintain such high enthusiasm now."

"Yes! That's why I like doing training. In fact, being able to attend training is a good opportunity for many colleagues to relax." Alice's voice was very delicate and crisp, and she was indeed much cuter than usual.

"However, your training, except for the new employees, is not very easy. Betty's side is even more terrifying. I still remember that I participated in advanced leadership training three years ago and worked on projects in hotels until one o'clock in the morning. It is really enough." Mai Zhiqiang smiled and shook his head and sighed.

Alice giggled, "Boss Yao said that Betty's training academy is the Whampoa Military Academy!"

Tao Jie was thoughtful, staring at the scenery outside the car window and biting her nails.

"Tao Jie, did you just graduate?"

"Ah?" Tao Jie was listening intently, and was taken aback by Li Quan's sudden accusation, and quickly recovered, "I, no, I have been working for a year and a half."

"Really!" Li Quan was quite surprised, "I can't tell at all, you look like a student at school at most."

Tao Jie blinked her eyes in annoyance, a little helpless, she dislikes people calling her young.

"Where did you work before?"

"M City."

"City M? Isn't that in the south? It's quite far away, why did you come here?"

Li Quan and Tao Jie were divided into a group in class, the two were in front of each other, and he helped Tao Jie a lot when doing exercises, so the two got along quite well.

However, Tao Jie did not intend to confess his experience to others, so he dismissed all his doubts with the old tune of "development, prospect" and so on.

She doesn't like being interrogated, and she can't seize the opportunity to interrogate the other party in turn. Fortunately, the hotel is right in front of her eyes. The atmosphere in the car that had calmed down was disturbed by the commotion again. Li Quan stretched his neck to look out the window, and stopped talking to Tao Jie. Inquiring, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

More than [-] people rushed into the hotel, and the scene was very spectacular. When they arrived at the reserved large box, the seats were free to sit. After Tao Jie sat down, she found that Mai Zhiqiang was actually sitting directly opposite her. She didn't know why a little nervous.

Mai Zhiqiang was talking to people, as if he was answering someone's question, his eyes swept across the faces of the people casually, and when he passed by Tao Jie, he seemed to finally recognize who she was, his eyes paused for a while, and he nodded slightly, Tao Jie quickly responded with a smile.

Alice ran out and in several times, and came back after going out for the last time. The box was already full, and there was no room for her. There were originally three tables with more than 30 people forced together, and the seats were quite crowded.

Seeing her frowning, Tao Jie couldn't stand by, so she went to the waiter to add another chair to their table, and Alice sat down, with Li Quan separated from Tao Jie.

The banquet is not like a classroom, it mainly focuses on chatting, and it is carried out in the form of old staff preaching and teaching. A group of rookies below cooperate with frequent questions, and each table has a lecturer with the most outstanding eloquence to take on this important task.The "host" at Tao Jie's table was neither Mai Zhiqiang nor Alice, but a talented person from the personnel department. He talked about the various exquisite methods he used in the recruitment process, and the listeners While being amazed and fascinated, I also felt that I was so lucky that I didn't meet this old man, otherwise I was afraid that I would be turned on my back and frustrated outside the BR door.Maybe it was because she didn't encounter so many twists and turns when she came in. No matter how she heard it, Tao Jie felt that he was playing tricks, but it was more consistent with the "rumors" she heard on several forums, and she didn't know if it was true.

Niu Ren repeatedly mentioned the name of a foreigner in his high-spirited talks, and quoted a lot of what he said. Tao Jie thought the name was very familiar, but couldn't remember where he heard it. He turned to Li Quan and asked Li Quan in a low voice, "Jonny Who is Hanks?"

Before Li Quan could answer, Alice, who was sitting next to him, suddenly laughed loudly, making everyone very puzzled, and even the excellent speech stopped.

Pointing at Tao Jie, Alice giggled and said, "You're the only one who doesn't know who Jonny is in all the training sessions I've done!"

Everyone laughed when they heard the words.

With laughter, Li Quan answered Tao Jie, "Jonny is the current global president of BR."

Tao Jie suddenly realized, but she was so embarrassed that she wished she could find a hole in the ground and go in!
Obviously, the lecturer mentioned it in the first class of the new employee training, but unfortunately she is naturally slow to understand foreigners' names.

Most people's laughter was kind, and no one would think that Tao Jie had an essential problem because of this, except for Alice.

Originally it was only a matter of private discussion, but she openly brought it up as a joke for everyone. The "sinister" intention of her made Tao Jie feel chilled. Still can't accept it.

Her face flushed red in an instant, and there was a hint of anger surging under her skin, which might flare up at any time. Anyone who saw her face at this moment had a bad feeling, and the air was also a little tense and stagnant.

"I've had this kind of oolong too." Mai Zhiqiang, who was sitting across from him, suddenly smiled and said, "When I first came to BR, I didn't know who the president was at that time. At that time, George was still in charge, a world-renowned manager. Master, and I know nothing about him."

Everyone's attention was immediately attracted by Mai Zhiqiang.

"I met George four years ago when I went to France to receive an award for improving performance. I told him that I only knew that he was the global president of BR after working in the company for two years. He smiled and said that he was very happy that I finally able to recognize his presence."

Everyone was amused.

"So, it's okay not to know who the president of the company is, but you have to know your own responsibilities, what your boss expects from you, and—the goals of your team."

Mai Zhiqiang's smoothing of the field undoubtedly saved Tao Jie. Her anger towards Alice, which had accumulated for a long time but had no place to vent, was finally relieved. For herself, everyone would think that she was childish, and she couldn't even joke. Only she knew in her heart that this was definitely not the case.

She gave Mai Zhiqiang a grateful glance, but he didn't receive it. At that time, their topic had already shifted to the former legendary president George.

After this incident, Tao Jie's affection for Mai Zhiqiang became more and more obvious.

After the banquet was over, everyone went out of the box one after another. Colleagues who went back to the hotel still took the bus, and the local staff took a taxi back by themselves.

Tao Jie didn't want to be crowded with others, so she evacuated slowly. Coincidentally, she bumped into Mai Zhiqiang in the corridor outside the box.

"Mr. Mai, thank you for helping us out today." She sincerely expressed her gratitude to Mai Zhiqiang.

Mai Zhiqiang understood, and said with a faint smile, "It's okay." After a pause, he seemed to be deliberating, but he still said, "Alice is very straightforward, so don't take it to heart, she is actually quite nice."

Tao Jie nodded, "I understand." But he felt a little uncomfortable because he spoke for Alice.

It was past nine o'clock when we got home. Tao Jie had just finished taking a shower in the bathroom when he heard a noise outside the door. After a while, the door opened and Li Yaoming also came back from get off work.

Tao Jie was arranging her fluffy hair in front of the mirror. She had already gotten used to the lingering smell in the bathroom.

Li Yaoming walked up to her with a smile, "Is the training over?"

"Hmm." With two black hairpins in her mouth, she spoke vaguely, "Have you eaten?"

"Yeah! It's inhumane if the company doesn't provide dinner after working overtime so late. What about you?"

Tao Jie straightened her hair and came out, said sullenly, "I ate at the hotel, there is a dinner party."

Li Yaoming picked her up from behind and sat on the bed with his arms around her, "You don't seem very happy, what's the matter?"

With a scream, Tao Jie rolled from his arms onto the bed, then got up and pushed him vigorously, "You haven't bathed yet, don't sit on the bed!"

Li Yaoming's face suddenly collapsed, and he sniffled, "Your cleanliness is really terrible!"

But there was nothing I could do about her, so I had to obediently go to take a bath. I came back early today, and I could still be tender for a while after going to bed.

When he cleaned himself up and returned to the bed, Tao Jie was still frowning, she was not in the mood at all.

"Who are you having trouble with again?" Li Yaoming looked at her face and guessed, "Alice?"

Tao Jie told him what happened in the hotel.

"I don't like Alice, I don't like it at all." Tao Jie angrily pulled the tassels hanging from the pillowcase, "She is mean, snobbish, hypocritical, like a hedgehog, flamboyant. But I really don't like Alice. Understand, why does she hate me so much? I haven't offended her!"

"Maybe the two of you are at odds with each other in terms of aura." Li Yaoming said perfunctorily, "No one can get used to the other."

Tao Jie stared at him, "You mean she's not wrong, it's my problem that she bullied me like that?"

"Of course not." Li Yaoming hastily clarified for himself, "Of course I support you! But, how do you say about this matter, who made you a newcomer, right? In short, every company is similar, and old employees always ask for help. Deliberately or unintentionally squeeze out new employees."

"I really can't figure it out." The depression in Tao Jie's heart is still difficult to solve.

"Don't think about it if you can't figure it out," Li Yaoming hugged her and kissed her face lightly, "It will be fine after a long time."

"I don't like her." Tao Jie murmured and repeated.

"I know." Li Yaoming murmured hoarsely, panting, and kissed more deeply.

In Tao Jie's mind was everyone's laughing faces when she was embarrassed, and Mai Zhiqiang's last words to defend Alice, which made her feel even more resentful.

"I don't even like BR..." Her words were swallowed by Li Yaoming's kiss, and after that, her whole body and mind.

(End of this chapter)