Beijing, after all, has nothing to do with me

Chapter 9 A Trip to Suzhou (1)
At [-] o'clock in the evening, Tao Jie sat in front of the computer and checked the third reminder notice sent to the trainees for the last time. There were no mistakes or omissions, and even the punctuation was correct. With a single click of the mouse, the email was sent out, and she breathed a long sigh of relief. .

For two whole weeks, she stumbled in a hurry to finalize the preparations for the trip to Suzhou, so naturally she had to find Alice.Although Tao Jie doesn't like to look at her cold face, if she asks Betty directly for advice, it is likely to cause Betty's trust crisis in her ability again. Soaking mushrooms, anyway, after soaking, my skin will thicken.

Alice was probably also annoyed, and since she still had too much to do, she didn't bother to make things difficult for Tao Jie, and often dismissed her in a few words.

Tao Jie relied half on guesswork, half on her own thinking, coupled with BR's ubiquitous and foolproof process guidance form, finally nothing went wrong, and the documents she showed to Betty were no longer frequently typed back.

It’s just unavoidable that I’m a little puzzled. Why does the training location have to be located in Suzhou? If it’s in Shanghai, among other things, I can borrow teaching equipment such as projectors and stereos from the local office. If I’m lucky, I can say Maybe I can find a colleague to help, and I don't know what Betty thinks, but it is located in Suzhou, where there is not even an office, and Tao Jie's workload has almost doubled.

Before the slander was over, she saw Betty coming from the other side of the hall from a distance, Tao Jie blinked a few times, and quickly put away all the bad words in her heart.

"All ready?" Betty looked a little haggard, her face pale.

"Yeah." Tao Jie nodded vigorously, while desperately searching in her mind for any missing items.

"What about the teaching materials?"

"It's all printed, and it will be delivered by express in the morning."

"Have the trainers confirmed it?"

"It's all confirmed. Julie from the finance department is on a temporary business trip and can't go. I have already contacted Chen Feng, the finance manager in the Shanghai office. She will take over from Julie to teach the finance course."

"Very good." Betty nodded in satisfaction, "What time is the ticket booked for next Monday?"

"Air ticket?" Tao Jie was in a daze, and her face turned as white as Betty, "I, I haven't had time to book..." After speaking, her voice was as soft as a mosquito, but she forgot .

Betty looked at her watch, "It doesn't matter, you go to apply now, bring it to me for approval right away, the travel center is staffed 24 hours a day."

"Okay, I'll do it right away!" Tao Jie's eyes sparkled, and she immediately took up the conversation, even more grateful for Betty's tolerance.

After finishing the application in the system, Tao Jie rushed to Betty's office, asking her to give an immediate reply. Seeing her running out of breath, Betty frowned and said, "Why don't you just call here, I'm so tired from running." .”

Tao Jie smiled and didn't say a word. She didn't know if it was because the off-duty time was over and there were few people in the office. She felt that the distance between Betty and herself had suddenly shortened a lot, but she still didn't dare to take it lightly. The boss is the boss. Don't try to be friends with the boss, everyone's position is always different.

After receiving the fax of the ticket confirmation from the travel center, Tao Jie went through all the details in her head again. This time, she was sure that there was really nothing missing.

On Monday morning, Li Yaoming helped Tao Jie carry the business trip suitcase outside the new village. She had already hailed a taxi ahead of him. Because of the business trip with luggage, Tao Jie could take a taxi to the company at public expense today.

Li Yaoming helped put the suitcase into the trunk of the car, and reminded her to be careful on the road.

"Got it! You are more wordy than my dad." Tao Jie interrupted him with a smile.

She was wearing a white dress and carrying a laptop bag in her hand. She finally looked like a white-collar worker. Of course, she was still a long way from the elite.

Li Yaoming watched her petite body get into the car, always felt a little uneasy, but couldn't tell the specifics, maybe Tao Jie always felt too delicate to him.

But this was obviously an illusion, Li Yaoming couldn't help laughing when he thought about the trouble she had with him because of taking a bath a while ago, and at the same time, he felt an inexplicable tension in his heart.

After getting in the car, Tao Jie stuck her head out of the car window again, "By the way, I'm going to Suzhou, do you have anything to bring? Souvenirs or something like that?"

Li Yaoming put his hands on his knees and stared at her face to face, "I don't want anything, you take good care of yourself and don't lose it."

"Fuck you." Tao Jie smiled and gave him a blank look.

The car started, and soon disappeared from Li Yaoming's sight. He put away his random thoughts, lifted the computer bag in his hand vigorously, turned around and walked to the other side, and hurriedly entered his role.

Tao Jie was sitting in a taxi, which was much more comfortable than taking a bus, but her mind was never idle for a moment, and she went through all the procedures tirelessly.

Half a year ago, the scene of chaotic living in a Korean-funded enterprise in her hometown seemed to be getting farther and farther away from her. Once upon a time, she would become so cautious and meticulous. I really don't know whether to be happy or sad.

Alice arrived earlier than her. There was a cup of coffee on the table, steaming, but no one was there.

Before she had time to go to the pantry, the phone on the desk rang. It was Betty calling her, asking her to go to the office immediately.

Putting down the phone, she ran over in her high heels.

Betty was busy in front of the computer, Tao Jie glanced at her through the glass, and felt that her complexion was very bad, and her face was as pale as before.

When she saw Tao Jie's new outfit, Betty's eyes were obviously surprised, but it only flashed by, she looked straight into her eyes and said, "I can't go with you this afternoon, you help me change it." Move down the ticket."

"Ah? Why?" Tao Jie asked involuntarily, feeling suddenly empty in her heart.

Although the feeling of flying with the boss is not necessarily good, but if there is something, at least someone can ask for advice. This is good, isn't she blinded by the dark?
Betty didn't show any disgust at her fuss, she pondered for a moment and said: "My mother is ill and is hospitalized in Dalian. I have to finish the work at hand in advance, and then go to accompany her."

Tao Jie looked at her face, "Is there nothing wrong?"

"I don't know." Betty lowered her head to sort out the documents, concealing the gleam of worry on her brows, and when she looked up again, her face was hard again. The weakness just now was just a momentary thing, and Tao Jie wondered if she regretted telling her own this news.

"You help me change the flight the day after tomorrow. I plan to cancel the project with Vincent in these two days, and he promised me to advance."

Vincent is Betty's boss, Chinese-American, and has always appreciated Betty.

"Oh." Tao Jie didn't know what to do. It seemed that she could only fight alone. She sighed in her heart. She really didn't know whether it was right or wrong to try to win this project.

When she walked to the door, she suddenly heard Betty say something to her again, "Tao Jie, it's up to you to worry about the training!"

The gentleness and uneasiness in her tone greatly stimulated Tao Jie, she suddenly felt a surge of pride, she must not let the boss down on her, let alone herself.

She quickly cleaned up the chaos in her heart, turned her head and smiled at Betty, "Don't worry, I will do my best."

The flight to Suzhou is scheduled at [-]:[-] pm. It is not a direct flight. You have to go to Shanghai first, and then take a bus there.

At 02:30, Tao Jie packed her luggage and rushed to the airport, carrying not only her own suitcase and computer bag, but also a small trolley case belonging to Betty, which stored all the tools she needed for her lectures in different categories , she is an extremely particular trainer.

When they arrived at the airport, they first went to get the boarding pass, and checked the large luggage. Betty's box, Tao Jie, carried it with her as usual, and it was stronger than gold.

Sitting in the waiting hall, she sent another text message to Li Yaoming, but she didn't see him reply after 10 minutes, probably very busy.

She looked around, a little bored, half an hour before boarding, she picked a copy of "Girlfriend" from a nearby magazine shop, and waited while reading.

As soon as Mai Zhiqiang stepped into the hall, he saw Tao Jie who was looking down at the magazine. He smiled softly and walked towards her faster.

"You arrived really early." He sat down on the empty seat beside Tao Jie, and greeted her with a smile, "What interesting things are you looking at?"

"Ah! Mr. Mai!" Tao Jie was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly closed the magazine, "Where are you going? Shanghai office?"

"Just like you, go to Suzhou."

"Isn't your class on the third day? It won't start until Thursday." Tao Jie quickly went through the already memorized schedule in her mind.

Mai Zhiqiang said with a smile: "I have other things to do when I go to Suzhou, which happens to coincide with the training. I am on a business trip and do two things."

"What a coincidence." Tao Jie said with a sincere smile.

If you can walk with Mai Zhiqiang, you won't be lonely on the journey. Besides, when you are with him, you don't have the cramped and suffocating feeling when you are with your boss.More importantly, Mai Zhiqiang had seen her in the most embarrassing and down-and-out appearance, and he did not look at him strangely because of this, but patiently enlightened her, which made Tao Jie feel a little sad every time he saw him. A sense of intimacy that arises spontaneously.

"It's not a coincidence." Mai Zhiqiang said, his eyes suddenly revealed a bit of cunning, "Do you know who suggested to Betty to put the class in Suzhou?"

Tao Jie suddenly realized, "Ah! It can't be you!"

Mai Zhiqiang smiled and winked at her as a tacit consent.

"So cunning!" Tao Jie covered her mouth and giggled, and then realized that she had made a slip of the tongue, and her face immediately turned embarrassing.

Mai Zhiqiang didn't care about her outspokenness, and laughed heartily along with her, before turning to ask after a while: "Why didn't Betty go with you?"

Mai Zhiqiang and Betty entered BR in about the same year. Betty is a strong person with a tough style. He also had conflicts with many colleagues because of work opinions, but he has always had a good relationship with Mai Zhiqiang.

Betty was divorced when her child was five years old. For so many years, she had to work and take care of her children. It was not easy to get to the position of training director by working several times more than others.Mai Zhiqiang feels that such a professional woman is worthy of respect no matter what.

Tao Jie quickly recovered from his comfortable laughter, "It seems that there is something wrong with her family, and she needs to adjust the arrangement, so I will be there during the two days of the lecture."

"It seems that you have worked hard this week." He looked into her eyes and said.

Tao Jie has a pair of bright and clear big eyes. She doesn't wear heavy makeup, so even if she stares at such a close distance, she will not find any carving marks that cannot be seen from a distance, and she is still so clean and fresh.This girl exudes the same breath as her eyes from top to bottom.

Mai Zhiqiang looked at these eyes, but what came to mind was her embarrassment when her eyes were red and swollen from crying in the conference room.

That day when he saw Tao Jie from a distance, he wanted to say hello to her, but when she saw him, she turned around and rushed into a meeting room, and locked the door firmly. Mai Zhiqiang stood outside the door, in a dilemma.

There are not a few girls in the company who cry secretly because of the heavy work pressure. When he was in the sales department, some female subordinates could not bear the grievances and ran to him to cry, but it was still better to cry and vent when they ran into girls from other departments on unexpected occasions. first time.

He was supposed to turn around to avoid it, but his thoughts somehow turned a corner, but he guarded the door like a ghost - if other participants came first, he would still have time to find an excuse to send them away.

He didn't know why he had such an idea. Perhaps Tao Jie possessed a simplicity and liveliness rarely seen in this workplace, but that kind of simplicity would definitely not bring her any benefits in the workplace. Instead, it would be a fatal danger. Yes, it is very likely to bring her a lot of unexpected troubles.

Of course, Mai Zhiqiang understood that his few general words of comfort were of no use, but he still couldn't help telling her that he knew she wasn't the kind who would run to the boss and yell at her when she was wronged. employees.

Afterwards, he also paid close attention to her quietly for a while, and found that she was not depressed, but gradually adapted to the environment, and felt somewhat relieved in his heart.

The two sat and chatted for a while, and Tao Jie felt that chatting with Mai Zhiqiang was a very pleasant thing. He didn't have the airs of a boss at all, but he didn't make you feel that he was trying to curry favor with you. It always happens to be related to each other, but it doesn't have to be deeply involved, so as not to touch the kind of mine in the workplace.It seems that his title of gold medal sales is really not in vain.

After boarding the plane, Mai Zhiqiang helped her put her luggage properly. The two of them were not in the same seat, and he didn't ask to switch. They sat down separately.

The two-hour trip passed by in a flash between magazines and closed eyes.

After arriving in Shanghai, Mai Zhiqiang found a taxi, picked up Tao Jie who was about to go to the train station to inquire about train schedules, and headed straight to Suzhou.

When we arrived in Suzhou, it was already the time when the lights came on.

The two lived in the same hotel, and Mai Zhiqiang had already talked on the phone with colleagues who had rushed over from other offices on the road, and they wanted to have dinner together in the evening.

"Do you want to join us for dinner?" He politely invited Tao Jie.

Tao Jie naturally declined, she didn't like to have dinner with a group of unfamiliar people, besides, she herself had a lot of things to do.

After sloppy dinner in the room, Tao Jie rushed to the training site to check the classroom layout, and the sales representative of the hotel who was in charge of interfacing with her accompanied her to the inspection.

There are many problems. The desks are not arranged according to the pattern provided by Tao Jie. The stationery on each table is incomplete to varying degrees. The projector is not clear enough and needs to be replaced. There is also audio equipment, but there is no amplifier!

Tao Jie directed the hotel sales to correct all these problems one by one, secretly glad that Betty didn't come with her, otherwise she would have to blame her for her poor preparation.

"You people from foreign companies have really strict requirements!" The sales representative wiped off his sweat and sighed to Tao Jie. She thought that the facilities she provided were already very good.

Tao Jie smiled and said: "My boss's rule is, either there is no, if there is, it must be [-]% perfect ready."

Most of the problems were solved until ten o'clock. If it wasn't for Tao Jie's request, the salesman would have gone home a long time ago. She is not here, so it doesn't matter what Tao Jie wants.

Tao Jie took out a piece of stainless steel tableware made in Korea from the training gifts and gave it to the salesman to express her gratitude. Although she is a customer, she has to stay here for a week, and there are some things that are troublesome to others. Why don't you arrange it in advance to facilitate future work? , the sale is really very happy.

After leaving the training classroom, Tao Jie went to the 24-hour supermarket near the hotel to replenish some stationery and mineral water needed in class.

Carrying two big bags of things and struggling to walk into the elevator, someone called her from behind.

Looking back, it was Mai Zhiqiang who had returned from a trip.

"Let me carry it for you." He naturally took the vest bag in her hand, looked down at the thin sweat on her forehead, and said with a smile: "This is hard work, it's not very suitable for you."

Things are almost busy, Tao Jie is in a good mood, she pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Yeah, in fact, I should recruit a strong man for my position."

Mai Zhiqiang asked her which floor she was on, sent her up all the way, and helped her carry her to the door of the room before giving up. Tao Jie couldn't thank her enough.

It was already very late, and it was not convenient for Tao Jie to invite him in for a sit down. Naturally, Mai Zhiqiang didn't have that intention, waved at her and turned to leave.

When she took out the card and opened the door, Tao Jie cast her eyes involuntarily on Mai Zhiqiang's back in the corridor, and a warm feeling filled her heart. She is a person who is easily moved.

The phone rang a few times in the backpack, she opened it to check, there was a text message from Li Yaoming, he was working overtime again today.

When lying on the hotel bed, Tao Jie felt exhausted to death. She was worried that she would not get used to the hotel bed, but after taking a shower, she climbed up and fell into a daze within 5 minutes.

After not sleeping for a long time, I was woken up by the sound of my mobile phone. It was my father calling.

Tao Jie has to call home almost every weekend, and her father answers every time, just to ask some short words from her parents. Tao Jie feels helpless that her mother has refused to answer her for so long.

In the past two days, she was busy preparing for the training, and she forgot to call home. Dad couldn't bear it, so he called her.

When he heard that Tao Jie was in Suzhou, his father was a little excited, "Isn't that very close to our house? Can you come back?"

"No way." Tao Jie pursed her lips against the white wall, as if her father was right in front of her eyes, "I'm working, my schedule is full, and I've even booked a ticket back to Beijing. I'll go back early on Sunday morning. Discounted air tickets cannot be changed.”

In fact, before coming here, the idea of ​​going home once flashed in her mind, but when she thought of going back to see her mother's hard face, she felt really guilty in her heart, so she could only find an excuse to prevaricate her father.

Dad was not reconciled, "Then let's go to Suzhou. Tell me, which hotel do you stay in? Anyway, my mother and I are free on Saturday." Then he lowered his voice, as if afraid that mother would hear, "Xiaojie, I Let me tell you the truth, your mother misses you, and she has been asking me about your situation over there these two days!"

Tao Jie beamed with joy, "Really! Daddy, you are amazing!"

Dad smiled wryly, "What's so great, you girl, you really have no conscience, you have been away for three or four months, your mother ignored you, and you never thought of asking her for peace."

"I want to get along with her, but it's because she refuses to answer my phone!" Tao Jie couldn't help being wronged.

"Forget it, let's not talk about it." Dad didn't want to waste time on this issue, "You haven't told me which hotel to stay in yet!"

"Dad, I don't think you guys should come here." Tao Jie said hastily, "No matter how close you are, it takes three hours by car. It's tiring, and my mother is prone to insomnia when she is away. I may not be able to say a few words to me, I am in a training, I am very busy, and I will definitely not be able to take care of you at that time." After a pause, he said, "Wait until the holiday, I will find time to go back for a while during the National Day holiday. Good trip."

"Xiaojie." Dad hesitated, "Can you tell me the truth."

Tao Jie's heart tightened immediately upon hearing his tone, and she vaguely understood what he wanted to ask, and as expected, her father started to talk clichéd again, "Did you go to Beijing because of Li Yaoming?"

(End of this chapter)