There are three rules of workplace survival: endure, be cruel, or roll.
The first two points are vividly reflected in Tian Lei,the last point is that she has done it to let others roll.
Having just been promoted to second-level partner, she was congratulated by many colleagues, including Kevin, which was also the first time the two talked.
In the face of Kevin's congratulations and praise, Tian Lei also showed very polite thanks and modesty.
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After the greeting, Tian Lei said to Kevin straight to the point: "I heard that we are talking about the legal business of Swift Company recently, if this case can really be negotiated, the only person in the whole law firm who has the ability to take on this case is you, I don't know if I can give you a hand at that time?"
Kevin quietly refused: "Unfortunately, I just formed a team, and it is not certain who will end up with this case, I can't let you work in vain, right, next time, or wait for a vacancy." ”
Tian Lei smiled, "Well, if there's anything you need to summon me, just call me." ”
"Good," Kevin replied politely, turning around again and striding away.
From the back-and-forth conversation between the two, it can be seen that Tian Lei intends to show kevin, and Kevin also sees her intention and explicitly rejects her flattery.
Kevin is the nephew of the boss, and he is a capable and powerful person on the fourteenth floor, and Tian Lei wants to curry favor with him, which is a normal thing.
Kevin's reaction is also reasonable, Tian Lei is just a lawyer with no weight, her self-recommendation is of no use to him, and there are many capable people under his hands, naturally he can't look up to Tian Lei.
Kevin and a few colleagues came to the restaurant to eat, and just happened to see Tian Lei, who was reading information while eating.
Kevin took the initiative to go up to say hello, and found that she was reading the swift information, and she was in a rather unhappy mood, in his opinion, it was his own case, he could handle it well, when it was her turn to intervene as a woman.
He said: "Eating and not forgetting to work, Lawyer Tian is really hard." Swift cases, you should leave it to a professional to do... Swift cases don't fall on anyone's turn. ”
Obviously, Kevin is imperative to the case, he not only does not want Tian Lei to participate in the case, but also looks down on her ability.
However, Tian Lei is not a timid person who is afraid to give up easily, and it is not certain who will die at the last moment in her words, so she privately finds the client and convinces him to listen to his own advice to apply for an appeal against the case.
In the boss's office, the two men had different opinions and ideas about the case, and they started a fierce quarrel over it. Kevin believes that out-of-court settlement is the best way to resolve the case, while Tian Lei believes that the case can choose to take the road of appeal is not completely unsuccessful, but also to protect the interests of customers to maximize.
In the end, the boss could only follow the customer's request to name Tian Lei to take charge of the case; even if Kevin was on the sidelines, even if he objected, the wood was already in a boat and it was meaningless.
This was the beginning of the two men's antagonistic positions. The Tao is different, it is not a conspiracy, and it is all up to the ability to seek benefits for each other.
After that, Kevin's relationship with Tian Lei completely broke down, and he hated her for stealing his case and making himself lose face a joke.
After the successful completion of the case, Tian Lei got the attention of the boss and let her move to the fourteenth floor and have her own office.
On the first day of moving to the fourteenth floor, Kevin came to congratulate him. Since her office was next to the toilet, Kevin bought a box of air freshener for her, in order to humiliate her: "Lawyer Tian moved, I have to bring a gift to congratulate it, yes, gifts to send the most useful things, this room does not taste very good." 」 ”
Tian Lei was not annoyed after listening, smiled and shook back, Kevin was stunned, and could only say: "I always feel that the work of the law firm is particularly boring, and now that you are on the fourteenth floor, my career has become interesting." ”
Sure enough, after that, Kevin targeted and excluded Tian Lei at work, and provoked her from time to time.
Even in the face of these, she did not suffer setbacks and secretly hurt herself, but on the contrary, she became more and more courageous, and she responded to Kevin with a look of light wind and light victory on her face, and the continuous efforts behind her solved the problem and completed the work excellently.
She never exposes her cowardice to others, nor will she be easily provoked by others to do something out of proportion, so as not to be caught by others.
Because of her outstanding ability, she also gradually gained the appreciation of her boss, even if Kevin saw that she was no longer pleasing to the eye, there was nothing he could do about her.
Kevin, on the other hand, was going downhill and was eventually kicked out.
Although tian Lei's handwriting is indispensable, all of this is also made by himself.
The reason why Tian Lei wanted to deal with him was entirely because he couldn't do it himself, she took Xu Haifeng out of the air, she was a very short-sighted person, naturally she wouldn't let her people be punching bags.
It didn't take long for the company to hear that Kevin had lost the case, and for a while everyone was talking about why the less difficult case would be lost.
There is only one reason, and that is that Kevin was bribed to deliberately lose the case.
Tian Lei and Xu Haifeng were tacit with each other, and seizing this opportunity, the two joined hands to pose Kevin together and let him fall.
Looking at the overall situation, At the beginning of the game, Tian Lei held a bad card in her hand, no high education, no background, and was targeted by Kevin everywhere, but in the end she successfully counterattacked.
Why?
Because she can endure. In the face of Kevin's repeated provocations and humiliations, she can control her emotions very well, sober and rational, and fight back against Kevin without bringing harm to herself.
Once people are angry, they often do a lot of uncontrollable things, resulting in an irreparable situation, obviously Kevin did not do as well as Tian Lei, and he would often be intimidated by her.
Because she's fierce enough. She is cruel enough to herself, others think she is not good at work, she must force herself to do it, never admit defeat until the last moment, she has a spirit of perseverance.
So in the end in this game it was Kevin out.
If you want to stand firm in the workplace, first you must be able to replace anyone, and then you must not have anyone to replace you, otherwise you will be kicked out at any time.