Pei Ze: “Jian Yao, briefing in 5 minutes.  Convention Room.”

“Thanks.” Jian Yao provides Pei Ze a smile.   She makes a fast journey to the remainder room. 

In entrance of the mirror, she makes certain she appears presentable.  She takes out her lipsticks and does a fast contact up.  Her garments look straight and never wrinkled.  Good.  She takes a deep breathe and straightens her again.  She provides herself a ‘Bo Jinyan’ kind haughty skilled smile.

Excellent. Excellent. Appears dignified. 

– Okay.  I’m prepared.  She walks out in her heels, and heads to the convention room.    

There are  5 folks sitting across the massive oval desk. Pei Ze and Dan Shen Wei are already there.  There are one other three males whom she has not met earlier than .  

Jian Yao finds an empty seat.  Earlier than she sits down, she provides a small bow: “Howdy everybody I am Jian Yao.  I’m the brand new Assistant.” Jian Yao smiles towards the group.

The person sitting beside her is the primary to face as much as shake her hand: “”Hello I’m Zhou Qin.” He’s in his mid thirties.  He appears common, however he has a pair of sharp eyes and a contagious smile.  He appears like an skilled gross sales individual. 

The opposite two males additionally get up. Considered one of them is named Qian Yu Wen, in his early thirties, medium top, slim construct, with darkish pores and skin.  He has a stern look on his face.  He provides Jian Yao a agency handshake. The opposite man is Mai Chen.  He’s a cute younger man across the identical age as Jian Yao.  He smiles gently to her: “Welcome to the staff.” 

All pleasantries are over.  Pei Ze walks to face behind Jian Yao.  He rests his palms on the again remainder of her chair and leans down: “ ‘Lau Zhou’ and ‘Lau  Qian’ are the senior gross sales supervisor. ‘Xiao Mai’ is the Operations Assistant.  Like your earlier division, we work collectively as a staff, so communication is essential.”

(Word from TB: You most likely know this.  However simply in case – In China, colleagues and mates typically don’t name folks’s full identify.  As an alternative, they’d use  “Lau” (often when it’s an older man) or “Xiao” (when the individual is  youthful than you) plus their final identify.  i.e. Mai Chen is “Xiao Chen” and Zhou Qin is “Lau Zhou”.) 

Jian Yao thanks him.  Pei Ze replies: “It’s my pleasure to work with a fairly woman such as you.”  Then he returns to his seat.  Others snicker, except for Shen Dan Wei.  She is trying down at her pocket book. 

Everyone seems to be seated, The room turns into quiet.  They wait.

Jian Yao thinks to herself.  She has met everybody within the division apart from the Division supervisor Lin Yu Xuan and the mysterious new director. 

A girl round thirty years outdated walks in,  It’s Lin Yu Xuan.   You’ll be able to inform that she is a profession lady, wearing a women swimsuit.  Her eyes relaxation on Jian Yao: “Jian Yao?”

Jian Yao stands up instantly: “Sure.  Good to fulfill you, Supervisor Lin.”

Lin Yu Xuan smiles, she solutions politely: “Mmm…”

Pei Ze smiles and asks “Supervisor Lin, who’s our new director?”

Lin Yu Xuan replies: “He’s on his means right here.  He was simply speaking to the Chairman.” She turns and appears down the hall :”Ah, right here he’s.”  

Everybody stands.

Via the frosted glass panels, they see a tall determine strolling leisurely in the direction of the doorway.

The second he enters,  Pei Ze will get everybody to clap and welcome him.

Then Jian Yao sees the identical good-looking face that lives simply downstairs from her. 

Everybody has an enormous smile on their face. Solely Jian Yao appears shocked. 

Jian Yao now understands the ‘useless’ remark made by the younger woman throughout her farewell lunch.  

– Can somebody inform her why Bo Jinyan is right here?

Supervisor Lin introduces: “That is Bo Jinyan, our new director.  We’re honoured to have him be a part of the staff.  I’m certain our division will go from power to power underneath his management.”

Everyone applauds once more.  Even the grim magnificence Dan Shen Wei appears to love this new director.  She has a glance of approval in her eyes.  Jian Yao fixes her eyes on Bo Jinyan, however he appears go her as if he doesn’t recognise her. ,

Simply this morning they have been having breakfast collectively.  He didn’t even give the slightest trace that he will likely be right here.  

Everybody takes a seat.  Every worker makes a quick self introduction to the brand new director. 

When everybody has completed, Supervisor Lin says: “Director Bo will likely be answerable for the general strategic and enterprise course.  Any longer, all of you’ll report on to me.  The Chairman doesn’t need Director Bo to be slowed down with the routine duties.”  

Everyone nods.  Jian Yao is suspicious.  Enterprise course?  It’s not his experience.  

Supervisor Lin asks: “Director Bo, would you wish to say a couple of phrases?”  

“Alright.” Bo Jinyan says.  He takes a pause and appears across the desk slowly.  The place is so quiet which you can hear a pin fall to the bottom.

He begins to talk: “I don’t like beating across the bush.   I’m solely going to be right here quickly.  You wouldn’t have to befriend me.  I’ve no power to cope with every one in all you individually.  I’ve my means of doing issues.  It’s a must to reply to my each demand, however I cannot reply to yours.  We are going to stay in peace. And at appraisal time, you’ll all get an A for efficiency from me. Thanks.” 

The room is quiet once more.

– Momentary?  What’s he making an attempt to attain right here? 

The Buyer 3 division is an elite staff.  They by no means anticipated to should cope with somebody who’s so brutally blunt.  However after a second to soak up Bo Jinyan’s speech, they applaud in unison.  

Supervisor Lin continues to be barely taken again by his speech,  To easy issues over, she speaks with a peaceful voice: “Director Bo, since we have now not been in a position to recruit a secretary but, Jian Yao, our new assistant will serve you till we discover another person.”  

An detached trying Bo Jinyan: “That’s advantageous.”

Supervisor Lin appears to Jian Yao: “Any longer,  you report on to Director Bo.”

–

Assembly has ended.  They return to their workplace.

The desk for the Director’s secretary is positioned outdoors his workplace.  She sits down and see Bo Jinyan strolling in the direction of her. 

Persons are watching. Jian Yao retains an expressionless face.

He walks previous the desk, faucets the facet along with his fingers: “You.  Are available in.” And he goes into an outsized workplace. 

Jian Yao takes a pocket book and pen and walks in after him.  She hesitates, then decides to close the door behind her.  .

The gang outdoors is lastly in a position to chill out. 

All the corporate chairs have castors on them.  Whereas sitting in his chair, Pei Ze glides over to Shen Dan Wei’s desk.  He takes a look on the Director’s workplace: “The poor little magnificence.  The place did this conceited man come from? ”

Shen Dan Wei replies: “Actually? I believe he’s cool.”

Pei Ze appears at her and laughs out loud. He appears up, stunned to seek out that Qian Yu Wen taking a look at him quietly.  Pei Ze appears away, begins whistling, and glides again to his desk,  Everybody goes again to work.  

–

Bo Jinyan is sitting at an costly black stable work desk.  He sits within the leather-based chair and stares on the laptop display screen.

Jian Yao walks to the desk. She throws the observe ebook and pen on his desk: “Clarify!”

Behind the display screen, Bo Jinyan mumbles: “Your inescapable destiny as my assistant ……”

Jian Yao: “BO Jinyan!”

Out of the blue,  a lightweight knock on the door.

“Are available in.” Bo Jinyan lifts his eyes to look at her.  A smile has appeared on her earlier indignant face like magic.

It’s Mai Chen.  He has two safety guards with him, carrying some workplace furnishings.  Bo Jinyan smiles.  One of many guys asks: “The place would you like us to place them?”

Bo Jinyan places his palms behind head, like he’s resting on a pillow, and casually solutions: “ Anyplace, so long as it’s someplace inside my vary of imaginative and prescient.” 

—— 

Jian Yao appears at him. “Don’t inform me you might be right here for some undercover operation.  You disguised as a director and transferred me right here so I can give you the results you want?”  

Bo Jinyan: “I am glad to see you might be utilizing your mind.”

She will’t imagine this.

“Bo Jinyan, how are you going to do that to me?” she asks: “You need to at the least examine with me first to see if I’m keen that will help you?

Bo Jinyan’s smile freezes.

Jian Yao continues: “Have you learnt how a lot I worth my job?  That is an space of labor I wish to pursue in.   You don’t like different folks to intervene along with your investigations.  I’m the identical.  I need a secure and protected job.  However what is going to turn into of me sooner or later?   You’d have left the corporate however I’m nonetheless going to work right here.  How will my colleague deal with me? What would they consider me  “O watch out.  Don’t discuss to her.  She’s a spy”  Or if the subsequent time it’s essential resolve a case in Mongolia, you count on me to stop my job and observe you there?” 

Her face is getting increasingly more crimson.  She’s solely been right here for a couple of months.  She has labored exhausting to settle into the corporate.  However Bo Jinyan goes to spoil all that. He has no proper to dictate what she will likely be doing.  

She walks to the door, and immediately remembers, her desk has been moved inside his workplace.  She has nowhere else to go.  She sits down at her desk and turns her again to Bo Jinyan.  

After some time, she has calmed herself down.  She begins to assume.

• What am I going to do now?  Ought to I resign?  However the place will I’m going from right here?   

Clearly the Chairman and Supervisor Lin is aware of Bo Jinyan’s identification.  Maybe after she solves this case, they may help cowl for her, so nobody else within the firm will know.  She’s going to return to her authentic publish.  

At this level, somebody knocks on the door.  The tapping goes on for some time.  Bo Jinyan simply retains silent.  Jian Yao clears her voice: “Please are available in.”

Pei Ze pushes open the door.  His hand is carrying two espresso cups.  He provides a captivating smile: “A mocha  and a natural tea. Is that okay?” 

Jian Yao smiles and stands up: “Thanks a lot.  How a lot is it?” 

Pei Ze laughs: “Don’t point out it.  My pleasure.”  He turns to Bo Jinyan: “Bye.”  

Bo Jinyan actually is a person of his phrase.  He ignores Pei Ze. 

Pei Ze closes the door.  Jian Yao places down the cups on her desk. 

Bo Jinyan: ”Mocha, thanks.” 

“Come and get it your self!”

Quickly, she hears him standing up and strolling in the direction of her.  She retains her head down.  He says in a sooth light voice: “your job won’t be too affected by this case.  I’ll resolve it in a short time.  Give it some thought.  A case as sophisticated because the killer machine solely took me 5 days to crack.  This can be a piece of cake.”

Jian Yao feels slightly extra reassured, however she retains quiet.

A pair of palms seem on both ends of the desk.  The amber cufflinks on his sleeves displays the sunshine from the desk lamp.  He leans ahead.  His face is simply inches away from hers.  

“Sorry for being blunt, however what’s the function of your job? Taking some items from one location, switch them to a distinct location and promote them at the next value.  Is that what you’ll inform your grandchildren if you end up outdated? How a lot cargo you helped transferred in your lifetime?  Or would you like them to know what number of lives you will have saved?”  

Jian Yao appears at him.  The 2 faces are separated by lower than 30cm, she will be able to nearly see her personal reflection in his eyes.

Someplace in her coronary heart, a chord is struck calmly.

Jian Yao turns her face away.  

“Nonsense.” She says: “It’s logistics, financial growth, an indispensable a part of preserving the society affluent.”

Bo Jinyan loosens his grip off the corners of the tables. He walks again to his desk, taking his cup of mocha with him. He takes a couple of items of paper from there and walks again to her desk: “Okay, Miss logistics, can we take a look on the data on the case now?”  He places the items of paper on her desk.

She opens the recordsdata.  There’s a photograph of a younger woman, carrying a swimsuit, in her early twenties. She appears on the subsequent doc.  It’s her CV.  Wang Wan Wei, aged 23, Assistant of Buyer 3 Division.  Her predecessor.

Bo Jinyan makes a remark: “You and her.  The 2 of you look alike.  You’re each pale and skinny.”

Jian Yao ignores him.  He continues: “It’s not dying from pure causes.  It’s suicide.”

– Jian Yao thought Bo Jinyan solely offers with instances involving vicious serial killer .The dying of a white collar workplace woman?  This isn’t the kind of case he would often tackle. 

She asks: “Is she an agent from the Ministry of Public Safety?” What’s so particular about her? 

Bo Jinyan: “Do you assume the Ministry has nothing higher to do than to ship their brokers as porters,  I’m sorry, logistic staff?”

Jian Yao: “……So, what’s the explanation…?”

She is confused. Bo Jinyan’s telephone rings: “Ah nicely..” He takes a take a look at Jian Yao: “She’ll eat something. Bye.”

He hangs up.  He says to Jian Yao: “We’re going for dinner.”

Jian Yao asks: “With Whom?”

Bo Jinyan: “A girl that brings me nothing however bother.  Why else do you assume I’d settle for this ‘kindergarten stage’ case?”

Jian Yao is curious.

– Lady? 

…..Chairman Yin?