At ten o'clock in the morning, Guanghui Building, located on Shen'an Street West, Beicheng, was still as busy as usual. The revolving door at the main entrance kept turning, and people of all kinds came and went in a constant flow.
In the office area of the "Huicheng Tiangong" advertising company located on the 16th floor of the building, employees are busy with the work at hand.
The glass door opened, and a man with a round face and big ears walked in, carrying a briefcase.
"Dong Hao, how's your group's Cuicheng Garden promotion project going?" Xiao Geng, wearing glasses, raised his head and asked.
"Hey, the preliminary plan has been approved." Chen Donghao came to a desk by the window and sat down, picking up a thermos cup and drinking water.
"Wow, that's really awesome, I'm so happy." Xiao Geng exclaimed.
"It's early. There are still a lot of troubles ahead. But I can relax for two days." Chen Donghao said disapprovingly.
"Hey, Dong Hao, it's your turn to queue up at the bun shop today. If you have nothing to do, go early." On the other side of the office area, Dong Jincheng, who had a pointed chin, said.
"Yes, there were too many people when it was time to eat. It took almost one o'clock to eat yesterday." The black-faced woman also agreed.
Chen Donghao thought for a moment, put down the water glass, and picked up a piece of copy paper and pen from the table.
"Okay, I'll be there in a moment. Let's do some statistics first."
"Four shredded beef and radish dishes, and a cup of soy milk."
"Four leeks, eggs, and soy milk."
"Three cowpeas with minced meat, and soy milk too."
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Colleagues reported the numbers one after another, and Chen Donghao recorded them one by one on paper.
"Sister Fang, what are you eating?" Chen Donghao turned towards Sister Fang who was sitting in the corner.
"I'll just have two loofah stuffed ones." Sister Fang said as she put down the mouse.
"Sister Fang, you are so young. Why do you keep hurting yourself so much? Is it because you are worried about your brother-in-law?" Xiao Geng said with a smile.
"Go away, you idiot." Sister Fang glared and scolded.
Everyone in the room laughed.
Just when Chen Donghao finished counting and was about to go out, a short young man wearing a gray jacket walked in outside.
"Hello everyone, I am from Dinghaoli Fast Food Company. My surname is Ding. Do you need to order food?" The young man asked hopefully.
"Ding Haoli? Why has the person been changed? It turns out it's not Xiao Xu?" ** asked strangely.
"Yeah, I haven't seen Xiao Xu for a while. Why did you go?" Xiao Geng also came over and asked.
"Oh, you said Brother Xu, because of poor performance, he had a quarrel with the manager and resigned because he couldn't continue." The young man named Ding replied, with a trace of sadness on his face.
Hearing this, the office staff couldn't help but look at each other and didn't know what to say for a while.
After a long while, Xiao Geng opened his mouth and said:
"Forget it, I won't eat steamed buns today, let's order a second-grade meal."
"I won't eat either. Let's have a Grade A meal." ** also said.
"Okay, I can't keep eating steamed buns. Let's change the taste. I want a second-grade meal."
All of a sudden, the staff changed their minds one after another, and the statistics Chen Donghao had just made turned into waste paper.
After receiving so many orders at once, Xiao Ding's face lit up with excitement and he took out a small notebook to record them one by one.
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There is an old residential area not far from the south of Guanghui Building. On the third floor of a six-story building, Xu Wenfeng is settling the rent with an agent.
"The tabletop and drawers of that table are damaged, the corners of the walls have been soaked by water, and the floor tiles at the door have been damaged, so only half of your 500 yuan deposit can be refunded." The agency representative, a man in his thirties, said with a stern face.
said.
"The drawers of the desk were originally broken. I even informed you that they had been repaired, but you didn't care. The watermarks on the wall were renovated many years ago. They were already there when we came here." Xu Wenfeng met the agent.
The representative made it clear that he wanted to blackmail the deposit, and he immediately became angry.
"No one wants to admit that they broke something. It's like this. I don't care so much. Anyway, that's what is written in the record. To tell you the truth, half of the deposit is refunded, which is enough to give face. Normally, in this case, we get one point.
No refund." The agency representative said arrogantly.
Xu Wenfeng took a step forward and grabbed the opponent's collar.
"What are you doing, want to be violent? Let me tell you, kid, our company has seen people like you a lot. If you want to cause trouble, you can choose whether it's black or white." The agency representative took a step back and warned in a stern voice.
At this time, Xu Wenfeng really wanted to beat this guy up and leave, so he didn't need the remaining 250 yuan deposit.
But what Manager Zheng said to him echoed in his mind. Yes, his biggest problem is that he is impulsive. Why bother getting into trouble for such a small amount of money when he has a bright future? The worst is that it will be stolen by a thief.
He gritted his teeth and suppressed the anger in his heart.
"Forget it, it's not easy for you to be an intermediary. Two hundred and five, just two hundred and five, I'll give you a meal."
The agency representative was relieved when he heard that he accepted the compensation. As for the verbal dispute, it was meaningless. He just completed the tasks assigned by the company and there was no need to make any extraneous matters.
After completing the check-out procedures, the agency representative gave Xu Wenfeng one day to move, and then left.
Things were almost packed. Xu Wenfeng sat on the hard bed and looked at the room where he had lived for more than a year. He was filled with emotion for a while.
This was originally a residential house of more than 100 square meters. The landlord was persuaded by the intermediary and handed it over to them as the sole agent. After the intermediary took over, it was transformed into eight small cubicles and rented out separately.
Urban rents have risen rapidly in recent years, and many working white-collar workers cannot afford the cost of a single house, so shared renting and group renting have emerged. Since this place is located in the bustling commercial center, the demand for renting houses is very strong, so this
The eight cubicles are always full, and new tenants will be added as soon as you leave. There is almost no free time.
With more people living there, the living environment naturally gets worse. There is only one bathroom, and you have to queue up for washing and convenience. It exudes an unpleasant rancid smell all year round. The kitchen stove and the clothes drying pole on the balcony are also popular places.
If you don't be clever, you won't be able to take advantage of it.
Instant noodle bags and cigarette butts are everywhere on the public walkways. Although it was originally arranged to take turns on duty, as time goes by, people become inert and gradually get used to the bad environment.
It's a little better during the day, but it's miserable at night. There are eight rooms, and some of them are occupied by more than one person. The composition of the tenants is also complicated. When it's time to get off work, there are people listening to music, watching TV, chatting, and quarreling.
When friends gather for dinner, it becomes noisy, just like a train station during the Spring Festival travel season.
It gets even worse in the summer, with the stuffy heat and lack of ventilation. Taking a bath is even more of a luxury and often has to wait until late at night.
Despite this, Xu Wenfeng still felt a little reluctant when he was about to leave, after all, he had lived for such a long time.
He has been working at the Baozi Shop for more than a month. During this time, he has worked diligently and hard every day, and has a good relationship with his colleagues and supervisors. Especially the suggestion to change the labels on the filling boxes to different colors.
After being adopted, the incoming and outgoing goods in the warehouse became much smoother, and the efficiency was greatly improved. This move was praised by the kitchen manager, who said that people who have studied in school love to use their brains.
His efforts finally paid off. He didn't work in the kitchen for long before he was transferred to the lobby as a waiter. A few days ago, Manager Zheng talked to him and said that in view of his performance and ability during this period, he planned to promote him to service foreman early next month.
Let him be mentally prepared.
Manager Zheng also commented on him, saying that he is a hard-working person, has a smart mind and is easy to think about, and is a material for getting things done. However, his biggest flaw is that he is easily impulsive, so he should pay attention to controlling his emotions in the future.
In addition, in order to allow employees to live and work in peace and contentment, the head office released the latest salary improvement plan last month. The biggest change is that all employees with foreman or above positions in the restaurant will receive an additional rental subsidy, from 800 yuan to 1,600 yuan.
Ranging from one hundred yuan.
In order to show his encouragement, Manager Zheng paid him this subsidy in advance when he paid his salary this month.
These things made him excited all night, and it seemed that he was finally on the right track. Of course, he estimated that his humble diploma might also play a role in it.
Now that his salary has changed, he naturally no longer wants to live in this kind of cubicle, so he went to another residential area nearby to find a one-bedroom apartment with a monthly rent of more than 1,000 yuan. Although the house is not big, it is still good.
It's time to be quiet and peaceful.
"Xiao Xu, you are moving, you are so prosperous." While he was thinking about something, Brother Liu from next door strolled to the door and said enviously.
"Hey, no matter how rich you are, you are destined to work." Xu Wenfeng said as he took out a cigarette from the cigarette case on the table and threw it to Brother Liu.
After receiving it, the other party took out a lighter and lit it.
"This job is very different from working. As long as you are not the boss, even if you earn one million a year, you are still working part-time. Xiao Xu, I know you are good at it, and you won't stay in this ghost place all the time.
I can't do it. If I leave here, I can only stay in the bridge cave. Alas, I plan to work for another one or two years and then go back to my hometown. It's really meaningless." Brother Liu blew out a smoke ring and said with a sigh.
Xu Wenfeng tried to persuade him with a few words and chatted with the other party for a while before Brother Liu went back to his room.
Xu Wenfeng looked at his back and shook his head. He thought that this big city had many opportunities, gold everywhere, and people from all walks of life flocked to it. But what was the actual situation? How many people could make it in the end?
He couldn't care much anymore, so he looked up and looked out the window. It was getting dark. Today he took a break and came back to deal with check-out matters. He hadn't eaten anything serious since morning.
Just when he got up and wanted to buy two packs of instant noodles from the canteen at the entrance of the community, his cell phone rang suddenly.
Xu Wenfeng pressed the answer button, and Xiao Ding's voice came from the receiver.
"Brother Xu, you haven't eaten yet. I'm treating you to the food stall Wu Ke Kebab."