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In Bai Manman's first week at work, he didn't see Tao Ran a few times in total.

The first few days were newcomer training, and Tao Ran started to disappear again in the second half of the week.The poor girl felt like a motherless child, she was feeling sorry for herself and doing her job according to Tao Ran's email instructions.Tao Ran stood beside her and spoke, she was so frightened that she almost knocked over the water glass.

"The industry research I asked you to do, open it for me..." Tao Ran frowned and took a step away from Bai Manman, who was busy wiping the table with paper towels: "Scared you? I'm sorry."

"No, no. Just wait a moment, I'll find out right away. Uh, that...is it for you?"

"You don't need 'you', we have a lot of time to work together, so I can't be polite. You open it for me to see, now."

The computer he had just received was not stuck at all, and the ppt page flashed out. Bai Manman looked up at Tao Ran's expression anxiously, and found that he had a poker face when he was serious, and immediately became even more anxious.

"...Stand up, be generous. You haven't done anything wrong, why are you so cowardly?"

Tao Ran was enveloped in a vague woody scent of perfumed perfume. Bai Manman had never met a man with this habit before, and he responded "Oh" several seconds late, waiting for him to finish.

"The format is okay, but the content is thin. I can't even fool you with this little data. If the partners want to see it, you will lose face. You just came in, and you don't have many opportunities to show your face in front of them. One time counts For once, take care of yourself."

Bai Manman was startled: "Will the partners directly read the ppt of my preliminary research?"

Tao Ran looked down at her expressionlessly: "If I don't come today, you will send me the email, will you?"

"Send it, send it immediately."

"Then how do you know if I want to read this ppt, or if I want to show it to the partners in this project? If I have other urgent matters, I don't have time to help you read it or ask you to change it, so I forward it directly to the partner? I It doesn't matter, everything I'm busy is arranged by the above, and they can understand if I'm lazy to save some time, so what do you do?"

Bai Manman was speechless, stunned for a while, and then asked in a low voice, "What is the source of generally decent data?"

Tao Ran said with a look of nothing to do with himself: "That's your business, you can go to the public market to find research done by others, or wait for the newcomer training to talk about this lesson."

Bai Manman could only nod his head.Tao Ran looked at her stupid look who hadn't started yet, so he didn't want to say much, so he turned around and left.

"Change it and give it to me quickly, before twelve noon. Boss Chang asked me just now, and I said I can give it to him in the afternoon."

The other newcomer sitting next to him listened to the whole process with his ears pricked up, couldn't help but stare at the back for a long time, and then said to Bai Manman: "Wow, your manager Tao is so temperamental!"

Still immersed in the lingering aftertaste of being scolded by the little boss, Bai Manman forgot to be polite for a moment: "It means being ugly, is it ugly?"

"Bai Manman, what's your aesthetic? Manager Tao is still ugly?"

"I think he's not bad, but if you say he's blindingly handsome, he's still Boss Chang..."

"Which one is Boss Chang? Did you meet him during the interview?"

Bai Manman came back to his senses, smiled crazily, and pointed out: "Go to the public disk to look at the photos of the annual meeting. There is Manager Tao playing the piano and Boss Chang dancing."

The newcomer girl looked around and saw no one was paying attention to her. She quickly opened several layers of folders, glanced at the photos like a thief, and asked suspiciously: "Who is this girl dancing with Boss Chang? Is it a light bulb? Manager Ming Tao You only have a good face with Boss Chang..."

Chang Zheng hurried past while flipping through the files, and patted the little girls' desks without hesitation.The moment he stretched out his hand, the exposed cufflinks happened to reflect the sunlight, and Bai Manman was really almost blind.

The two sparrows stopped talking.

The company's small conference room is separated from the public office area on two floors. If you really need to work, those who have reached the level are willing to occupy a small conference room.As soon as the sign at the door is pushed, Available is replaced by Occupied, and generally no one bothers you.In addition to the quietness, another advantage is that there are complete equipment for conference calls and video conferences. It is convenient to find someone to discuss something, by phone or face-to-face.

In fact, management spends much more time on projects and visiting customers than sitting in their seats. Therefore, the company does not encourage setting up independent offices, and most of them are arranged among the people. Even if they sit there for two or three hours a week, they can do A friendly look.But when it comes to doing things seriously, if everyone spends time talking and opening a document, you also have to consider whether the subordinates around you should listen and read, then it will be too tiring, so it is better to avoid it.

Tao Ran made an appointment to meet a new client the next day.This is the first visit after the scope of the project has been determined. Chang Zheng completed the initial customer development independently, and now it is handed over to Tao Ran to prepare the details. The time is already quite tight.

Originally, he wanted to count on Bai Manman to prepare something useful to hand in, but he glanced at the first draft just now, and it seems that he can't count on it.Tao Ran supported his head and thought for a while, but he had no idea, so he simply picked up the receiver and dialed Chang Zheng.

As a result, "Hello" rang at the door of the small conference room where he was staying.

Tao Ran opened the door and welcomed Chang Zheng who was looking for a place with his laptop in his arms, "It's just right, I'm looking for you."

"For tomorrow's meeting, right?"

"More than that. The project in my last company seems to have some problems after I hand it over to the children."

Chang Zheng had already sat down, and was pulling the cord to find the socket: "It seems?"

"They interviewed the informants they found for us from several suppliers. After reading the report, I feel that nothing came out of the conversation."

"How do you ask questions?"

Tao Ran shared it with him on the mobile phone while talking: "I gave the question, I think there are all the questions that should be asked, you can take a look."

Chang Zheng looked at it for about five seconds: "Didn't you copy it to me when you sent it to them? None of the senior advisors?"

Tao Ran looked at him with a half-smile: "The personnel arrangement came to you first, and you didn't say anything, what else can I say? I thought you all arranged like this here, one consultant and two assistant consultants were given. "

Chang Zheng frowned when he heard this: "We have some assistant consultants here... well, according to the results of the last vote in the small black room, they should all be open, but they can't be left unused, so we have to pick and choose and keep a few more. Maybe it happened to give you two idiots. This call is usually escalated to the point where the consultant really doesn't make it himself, but..."

But in the first half of the project, he and Tao Ran had almost done it by themselves. In the second half, apart from sorting out the copywriting, only these few phone calls still needed to be taken care of.The only remaining valuable work happened to be handed over to the children, and the children are still not capable enough. This is really speechless.

Tao Ran looked at him helplessly, and saved the rest of the nonsense.

"I heard before I came here that the appointment and retention of consultants at all levels are all decided by the small black room?"

"Well, at the end of December every year, all the management will hold an afternoon meeting to summarize the ratings given by all the project managers to the consultants, and the partners and senior partners will vote again. Everyone will look at the results to decide who will be promoted and who will go."

Tao Ran kept typing: "If you don't get promoted, get out?"

Without raising his head, Chang Zheng smiled and said, "Which consulting company isn't it?"

After a long while of typing on the keyboard in their own way, Chang Zheng opened his mouth to set the rules for the two people's work that day: "Let's do this, this time there is no way, next time I will definitely pay attention to who the personnel is for. You can change it this afternoon." Let’s make some talk reports. I’ll prepare an outline for tomorrow’s meeting.”

The word became a prophecy, and the ppt sent by Bai Manman was really going to be directly shown to the partner.Tao Ran had no choice but to fulfill his duty of caring for the newcomers: "Don't be surprised when you see what the kid is doing, it's really tender, I asked her to change it, I don't know what it can be changed into."

"Which kid?"

"Bai Manman."

"Oh that heartless."

"..."

The tacit understanding between people is actually very mysterious. Tao Ran was bored with Chang Zheng all afternoon in a space that was not too big, and he still felt happy physically and mentally, and his efficiency was beyond the mark.At first, he didn't think much about it, but after a long time, after careful consideration, he discovered that Chang Zheng, like him, habitually chooses the timing of conversations based on details such as breathing rate, expression, and small movements.

For example, when he or Chang Zheng was bothering to sigh, neither of them could speak.

For example, when I had a meeting with the old monster before, they would often look at each other as soon as they entered the door: this kind of scheming opponent, the intuition of the new contact is instructive for the next conversation.

One leaf knows autumn, if two people are fundamentally similar, there will be more intersections in the future.When he really realized this, Tao Ran's mood was very delicate.It is not by language that the same kind can recognize each other, but by this moment of divine assistance.

Once this door is opened, Pandora's box may not be able to cover it.The most precious encounter in the world is understanding.And that's why it's downright scary to know.

Chang Zheng felt that Tao Ran was looking at him several times, and after a while he looked away strangely, and the next time he got up to pour coffee, he specifically asked, "Do you need my help?"

Tao Ran seemed to be peeping into some secret, and was a little embarrassed: "...No, I'll show you when I fix it later, you can do your work."

Chang Zheng felt that he was a little strange, thinking that he was tired: "It's not good to sit for a long time, I'll go downstairs and buy a cup of coffee, together?"

"Can't you order takeout?"

Chang Zheng patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be lazy, let's go."

Tao Ran felt strange for a while after being photographed by him, and he deliberately avoided physical contact along the way.Chang Zheng watched him walking in front of him with a back like pine and cypress, his eyes swept up and down several times, and he had to admit that he was a little regretful.

How wonderful it would be for such a person if he wasn't a colleague or a subordinate whom he relied heavily on.

Then he can...

It is a blessing for people to be confused, and it is worrying to see too clearly.Only now did Chang Zheng really understand Tao Ran's plan for a rainy day.He told him "it's almost over" and "one thought of hell", probably because he was preparing for this moment.

He must have had a similar feeling, and guessed that he would have it sooner or later.

The two people who attracted each other overtly and secretly realized the inappropriateness of this attraction respectively, and started to minimize the negative impact early on.

Tao Ran walked out through the revolving door, turned around and saw Chang Zheng with a thoughtful expression on his face, and didn't ask any more questions, just waiting for him on the spot.

Chang Zheng sighed inwardly, and followed slowly.