It is a state-owned construction company, part of a construction group in the city, the size of the group is not small, and its reputation is well-known in society. The company's office building is located in a relatively prosperous part of the city, and more than a dozen engineering project departments are scattered in different areas of urban and rural areas. The protagonist of this story, Xiao Yizhe, is the director of the company's office.
Xiao Yizhe is 54 years old, and his time as chief of staff is not short, exactly 21 years. That year, by chance, he was transferred from the project department to the company's party committee office as deputy director, and soon promoted to the director of the manager's office (hereinafter collectively referred to as the director of the office). Since then, he has sent away six major leaders of the company, both retired and promoted, but his position has never changed. Even "director" has become the "official title" of people around him, and even he himself calls himself this way, such as the first sentence he answers the phone is usually: "Hello, hello, I am Director Xiao." Some people jokingly call him "iron ass", meaning that he has sat in the chair of the director for all these years, and he often laughs at himself: When Wang Dongxing was the chief of the office for 20 years, I surpassed him.
It is said that he was transferred to the company's organs by accident, but in fact, it is not all. After graduating from college and being assigned to this company, he has been engaged in construction management on the construction site. That year, the project department lacked a part-time secretary of the league branch, and the leader decided to let him take the lead, because he joined the party organization when he was in college and was the only young party member in the project department. One of the tasks of the secretary of the regiment branch is to be responsible for external propaganda and reporting. Since he was a child, he has loved to read literary works, and he often writes small poems or essays, which should be said to have a certain written foundation. After concurrently serving as the secretary of the regiment branch, he remembered that the lover of one of his female classmates was an editor at the group newspaper, so he wrote a praise draft on the project department, attached a greeting letter and sent it. When the editor received it, he immediately published his article and called him, praising him for writing well and encouraging him not to stop writing and to continue writing.
In his impression, this was the first time that his name had been used as a "lead word" in a newspaper, and with the encouragement of the editor, he was really ecstatic at the time. Soon, he became completely obsessed with writing, and his literary talent was revealed. Due to his good writing skills, keen and profound observation of problems, unique and delicate analysis of problems, the manuscripts submitted are frequently published in the group's newspapers. Such a "black horse of writing" appeared in the subordinate units, which naturally attracted the attention of the upper authorities, so he went to the office of the party committee of the group company as a deputy director as a paper transfer order.
In the Party Office, the main task assigned to him was to draft various official documents of the Party Committee. These things had never been touched before, but he had such a personality since he was a child: he did what he did best. Therefore, he immersed himself in the study of various routines of writing party committee documents, and with his intelligence, diligence and understanding, he soon became an expert in official writing. At the same time, he continued to write articles and submit articles, not only to the group newspaper, but also to various newspapers and magazines in the society "Hai", and the themes of the manuscripts were also eclectic and diverse. For a time, his articles can be said to be "flying in the sky", and his name often appears in corporate newspapers, industry newspapers, and a wider range of newspapers and magazines. He became a well-known figure in amateur writing circles, and naturally he was also the "leader" among the word lovers within the group. During that time, it can be said that he was the golden period of his career, and soon after he served as the deputy director of the party office, he was quickly promoted to the director of the company's office.
What awaits him next is a long career as a "director". During this period, although he was recognized as having strong professionalism, strong organizational skills, and outstanding work performance, the "seat" was always like being welded to death by a welding rod, and the lines did not move. It is said that the chief of staff has the best chance of promotion, because the main leadership relationship with the unit is the closest, and once there is a vacancy, it will be easily promoted and reused. But he has served six major leaders of the company, and no one has ever proposed to promote him. Of course, no one ever proposed to replace him, because there was really no suitable person who could do better than him. In recent years, the company has held many middle-level cadres to compete for posts, and there are people who have proposed to hire challenges for the positions of leaders of each department and office of the organ, but the position of office director has never been coveted, because there sits the famous "Director Xiao".
Within the group, he should be said to be a well-known talent, because his articles have been praised to the point of "pure fire", and some people, although they have not seen him, can always see his name in the newspaper. But for some reason, every time the group held an open recruitment, although he was fully prepared to apply, the result was that he fell off the list again and again.
Some people say that Xiao Yizhe's inability to be promoted is to delay his ability, and the leader cannot do without him writing articles. Whenever he heard such words, he always smiled bitterly. He is a very enterprising person with great ambitions in his heart. In the workplace, the fundamental way for a person to achieve his or her ambitions is to promote his position, so he, like others, is eager for promotion. But why he has not been promoted for a long time, the reason is only clear in his heart. He knew that the saying that "character determines destiny" is the most appropriate to use on himself, and the reason why he cannot "progress" for a long time is fundamentally determined by his own personality.
His personality can be summed up in eight words: love and hatred are clear, and he is not inferior.
Probably because he was influenced by his family and received a lot of orthodox education since he was a child, in his heart, he was always incompatible with things with vulgar style, and activities with such content were even more wanted to let him get involved. In recent years, with the increase in the degree of reform and opening up, the ways in which enterprises operate foreign liaison activities are also various and varied. The company office is the window of external communication, and the director of the office should be the "head" of such activities. However, he was always incompetent in this role, and even often played it, causing the leader to be dissatisfied with him.
The first to discover his "flaw" was the company's second manager after he became the chief of staff.
This manager, surnamed Qi, was formerly the deputy manager of the company, originally had a good relationship with Xiao Yizhe, especially respected his knowledge, and sometimes encountered intellectual problems and often asked him for advice. After serving as a manager, I heard that Xiao Yizhe wanted to be transferred to the top to be a secretary for the leader, and took the initiative to find him and said earnestly: "Our brothers have just become managers, you can sell an arm, but you can't transfer away." Xiao Yizhe had also heard that the group office appreciated the pen in his hand and intended to transfer himself to work there. Now that the newly appointed manager said this, he suddenly felt the joy of "knowing the encounter" in his heart, and immediately expressed his position: "You can rest assured, I will not go anywhere, just work here." ”
One day, the manager told him to invite a few guests from Shanghai to dinner, and he arranged the hotel in advance. After the guests arrived, he personally served cigarettes, toasted tea, arranged for seating, and did everything properly. Don't look at his usual arrogant personality, do not like to contact people, but the level of reception of guests is not ordinary. Especially at the dinner table, because of his profound knowledge, braininess and eloquence, he was very good at enlivening the atmosphere. The same is true of this meal, between which he skillfully intersperses between the guests and the manager, often witty, witty and humorous, but also polite, which provokes bursts of laughter from those present. One guest even pointed to the manager and said, "Your company has such an office director, there is nothing that cannot be done." ”
After the meal, the manager privately told him to take the guests to the bath. In his opinion, according to the business they talked about, the specifications of the meal were enough, and it was a bit extravagant to take a bath again, and there was no need. But since the manager brought it up, he asked, "Where do you say to go?" ”
"Runhua Pool."
He was a little embarrassed, because he knew that it was a high-end clubhouse, and he had brought a check for dinner, and he didn't have much cash on him, so he said, "I may not have enough money with me." ”
"It's all right, I have the card there," the manager said with a big grin.
The grade of Runhua Pool is indeed not low, and the door is full of golden splendor. Although he was the chief of staff, he had never been to such a place, and it was inevitable that he was a little overwhelmed. However, he found that his manager was very familiar with this place, and as soon as he entered the door, several waitresses with flowers and branches gathered around, "Manager Qi" and "General Manager Qi" shouted and greeted him. He sighed in his heart: This master's position has improved, and other aspects have also made great progress.
What surprised him even more was that he overheard a conversation between the manager and the female director at the front desk, who was a plump and sexy middle-aged woman.
"Add six drivers and find six ladies for a massage," the manager said.
"No problem, together or apart?"
"Of course they are separated."
"Well, or will you enjoy it."
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When everyone came out of the shower, he didn't know where to go, but no one cared, and went into the room to do a massage.
I don't know how long later, he was woken up by the manager and the driver, who found him on a bed in the rest hall and saw him sleeping with a bath towel wrapped in Zhengxiang.
"You didn't have a massage?" The manager asked.
"Nothing."
On the way home, the atmosphere in the car was very dull, the manager did not speak, and the expression on his face was obviously unhappy. He didn't want to talk either, because he didn't think there was much to say.
Since that beating, Manager Qi seems to have "paid some attention" to the director of the office. When he was an assistant manager in the past, he only knew that the director was humble and kind, worked safely and rigorously, and the article was flowing, but he didn't understand too much. Now, he felt that Xiao Yizhe still had something on his body that made him uncomfortable, what was this kind of thing? He couldn't say clearly for a moment.
The so-called "attention" of the manager is to begin to observe the way he serves the leader, to put it bluntly, the way he serves himself. In fact, this is not surprising, the main leaders of the general unit, usually put is not their own confidant? How do I serve myself? As a measure of the quality of the chief of staff. Later, after a series of things, the manager made a basic conclusion to Xiao Yizhe: this person is not a good stubble.
For example, at that time, mobile phones were still a rarity, and the company stipulated that it was only for managers. After he took office, Xiao Yizhe did not consult with himself and went out to buy a Nokia "3110" of more than a thousand yuan for him, on the grounds that the original manager was worthy of this. He went to the finance to get a check and went out to buy a "treasure in the palm" of 9999 yuan.
For example, once he invited a customer to dinner and asked him to go to a restaurant. But Xiao Yizhe favored another hotel next to it, on the grounds that the manager said that the minimum consumption of private rooms in the hotel was 6500 yuan, and the one he chose was 3500 yuan. The waitress of the hotel he chose was not only young and beautiful, but also called the guest "dry daddy", which Xiao Yizhe might not have dreamed of.
The most angry thing for the manager is to buy a car. The group approved the company to buy a sleeping car, and he looked at a "Honda King", but Xiao Yizhe reminded him that the car "exceeded the standard" after the inspection, because the group approved the purchase of 400,000 yuan, but this naked car was 800,000. Angry, he did not answer the stubble, and directly let the administrative manager do it.
If Xiao Yizhe can't do things, he doesn't admit it, because he has heard that he has handled many complicated things; but to say that Xiao Yizhe has become a heart to oppose himself, he feels that it is impossible, because there has never been a disagreement between them. Thinking about it, he felt that the root cause was that Xiao Yizhe and himself were not the same way. At that time, there was a saying in society: the person who can do bad things together in a room is a buddy. However, a person like Xiao Yizhe who does not eat for four or six and does not rely on thirteen cannot become his own confidants, and may be a landmine planted around him, and must be vigilant everywhere. Therefore, he began to alienate his relationship with Xiao Yizhe, first going out to run errands without taking him, and consuming directly taking the accountant to pay the bill. Later, it developed to never go to Xiao Yizhe's office, and when there was something to call the office officer to do it, he rarely sought him as the director.
The manager also had the idea of removing the director of the office, but never dared to implement it, because Xiao Yizhe really could not see any other shortcomings except for the problem of "not opening the trick". He was very dedicated, never took a leave of absence, and threw himself into his work. The company's large and small contradictions and disputes, are all resolved by him, and he has worked hard and complained, never boasting and inviting awards, as if he is the "big nanny" of this company; he is very diligent, in addition to writing articles for the leaders, the important articles of the various departments and offices of the company's party and government work groups, as long as he finds him, he personally writes and helps to write. Some people praise it like this: our director is ok, even the summary of family planning can be written; other people are popular, usually funny and humorous without shelves, see who jokes, who has difficulties are enthusiastic to help ——, there is a more important point, his article is outstanding, in the group is not a big "celebrity", once he is replaced, it is likely that he will leave the company to "find another high", such an excellent pen shaft loss, for the company is also a loss.
If it were now, Xiao Yizhe's behavior would probably be regarded as clumsy and wooden, even absurd and funny, but twenty years ago, when the curtain of opening was not completely opened, and the new and old ideas were in a period of fierce collision, it should not be surprising that his ideas and practices were not surprising. The first manager he served was an elder who was upright and honest, and he once trusted Xiao Yizhe for twelve points, and entrusted him with great and small things. In Xiao Yizhe's view, the quality of managers and managers should be similar, but he thought wrong. Managers are also people, and the quality of people is not only different, but sometimes there are even worlds of difference.
He was naturally aware of the manager's snub. He is also reflecting and actively trying to change himself and bring him closer to his relationship with the leader. However, a person's personality is brought about by the bones, the character is the exposure of the nature, and the nature cannot be easily changed, that is, the so-called "easy to change, the nature is difficult to move." Although Xiao Yizhe deliberately changed his own shortcomings and worked hard to improve his "service quality", once he encountered a situation contrary to his nature, he still unconsciously showed indifference, rejection, and avoidance. However, he felt that he was worthy of his heart, thinking that he was really responsible for the leader, and sooner or later the leader would understand.
Once, the leader of a unit under the company called and said that she was going to deal with a female cadre who violated discipline, but she threatened to go to the company manager's house at night to file a complaint. He immediately invited the female cadre to the office to solve the problem, and warned her that according to the regulations, there were no special circumstances, and employees were not allowed to talk about business at the manager's house. This provision was set by the former manager to prevent anyone from giving gifts to the leader's house in the name of talking about work.
Afterwards, while having breakfast in the cafeteria, he reported the matter to the manager. Unexpectedly, after the manager listened, he rolled his eyes at him expressionlessly and said coldly: "Why can't the civil prosecutor go to the house?" ”
Xiao Yizhe's heart sank, and his face suddenly felt hot. He was not frustrated that he did not handle things with the leader's intentions, but was surprised how there was such a level of leadership. If employees can use the evening to go to the leader's house to file a complaint, what else should the company's office do? If employees carry gifts to the leader's house to visit, will the leader's image not be damaged?
After this little thing, he seemed to understand a lot. He realized that rather than saying that the leader does not want to see himself, or even hates himself, it is not that he has a deficiency in handling the problem, but that he and the leader have different concepts, resulting in different "excitement points". But after all, a leader is a leader, and the will of a leader is often the criterion for determining whether to deal with problems correctly or not. If the leader has a prejudice against you, especially when you can't change it, no matter how well and perfectly you work, all efforts are in vain, and can only deepen the leader's more disgust with you.
Recognizing this, he never bothered about the problem of "leadership" from then on. He is an open-minded person, very open-minded, read more books, write more articles, and understand more truths. He knows that the leadership of a state-owned enterprise is actually an appointment of "one official document," and no one can be a lifetime, let alone let you do evil for a lifetime, and sooner or later you will be tested by the standard of truth. He knew that although he had flaws, he had no flaws. Everything I do is for the enterprise, out of public will, not out of selfish desires. Although what they do is not recognized by the leadership, it is enough to be worthy.
He was self-aware and felt that since the leader did not like him, he should take the initiative to retreat and avoid. He first wrote an application report and recommended a female officer in the office as deputy director. The lady's name was Lan Rui, a few years younger than him, elegant in temperament, outstanding in appearance, transferred from the military cultural and industrial corps, and it was said that her relatives were a senior leader of the group. The report was quickly approved, and he made a clear division of labor at the office staff meeting: In the future, Lan Rui will be responsible for all daily work, and he will only grasp major matters, mainly writing articles for leaders and dealing with some sudden events. Since then, he has really ignored the daily trivialities of the office, locked himself in a small single office, concentrated on reading and studying, and wrote various articles, including submitting articles to various newspapers and magazines. In this way, the contact with the leader is consciously avoided.
In this way, he maintained a "balance" with his manager for several years. Nominally he is the director of the office, when he encounters big things, he deals with them one by one, and all the official articles of the company are still from his hands, but when he appears, ushers in the occasions of sending and entertaining guests, he rarely sees his figure, and is fully undertaken by deputy director Lan Rui. Lan Rui was originally a beautiful person, can dress up, behaves generously and decently, has a warm and cheerful personality, has seen a lot in the world, and is also a fish in the water, and naturally won the appreciation of the leaders. This situation continues until the change of manager, because this management model of the office has been formed, especially the "inertia" of his body has been difficult to change, and the new manager has not considered normal and abnormal, and the work is arranged by themselves.
The days passed year by year, and in a flash it was a full 20 years. In the past 20 years, many people's positions have progressed with the development and changes of the enterprise, becoming company managers, deputy managers, or promoted to the head of the group's departments. But his position is always slightly unmoving, no one considers his position, no one even considers his title, more than fifty years old, he still maintains the professional and technical title of assistant engineer a year after graduation.
For all this, he did not really care, because he not only had flesh and blood, but also more delicate than ordinary people, but he never knew what he should do to change his destiny. Once, when chatting with his wife, he said that he had been empty and ambitious in his life, and he burst into tears when he was emotional. Her wife was a classmate of hiss, an instructor at a police institution of higher learning, and a very open-minded woman. She knew the suffocation and grievances in her husband's heart very well, and comforted him: "What do you have to be unbalanced? Just work your own. Is it that good to be an official? How many officials do you see when they first flaunted their might, but in the end they were not inferior to us? ”
The persuasion of his wife often made him psychologically relieved, and his character formation was not unrelated to this virtuous and upright wife.
(To be continued)