MTL - Hello, How Long Has This Been Going On?-Chapter 7

[Tao: Good morning/Sun]

[Tao: I fell asleep early yesterday and slept very well~]

Tao Zhiyue usually gets up at 7:30, leaves the house at 8:30, and goes to work at 9:00.

Since he went to bed early last night, Tao Zhiyue, who had been sleeping for nine hours, woke up at half past six. The room was soaked in blue-gray sunlight. He got up and opened the window, and the cool and pleasant fresh air came in, which is unique to the morning. the taste of.

Seeing the good night greeting from HR, Tao Zhiyue jumped up unconsciously. It had been a long time since he had heard good night from anyone.

Tao Zhiyue felt that today was the most beautiful morning in recent times, and it was Friday morning.

To celebrate this auspicious day, Tao Zhiyue decided to go for a half-hour run downstairs after washing up.

Although from the day he was born, he vowed to exercise to ensure his health, but his self-control has almost been exhausted by going to bed early and getting up early every day, cooking and going to work, so he joined the gym trainer early, and bought a good exercise a long time ago. Equipment is also shelved.

Tao Zhiyue put on brand new running shoes, and went downstairs lightly.

At this time, the office workers have not yet dispatched. Occasionally, a middle school student rushes out with breakfast, or an old man with a woven basket walks slowly towards the vegetable market, and there is silence everywhere.

The location of the community is good, you can walk to a beautiful park in five minutes, and the surrounding residents often do morning exercises here.

It was early summer, and the gardenia trees in the park were bathed in the faint morning light. They were verdant and green, and the white flowers bloomed quietly, full of fragrance. The whole park was filled with the warm fragrance of gardenias. A scent often reminiscent of childhood and home.

Running in such a fragrant air, the time seems to be stretched infinitely, Tao Zhiyue is covered in sweat, his thoughts are wandering, and he almost ran into a little girl.

The little girl was about three or four years old, wearing a floral skirt, with a flushed face, bending over to catch the butterflies flying in the flowers on the side of the road. She was so fascinated by the game that she accidentally got in the middle of the road.

Fortunately, Tao Zhiyue stopped in time. He breathed a sigh of relief and led the little girl to a safe grassland. Seeing that there were no adults around, he knelt down and asked her softly, "Why are you playing here alone?"

The little girl stared at him blankly at first, her eyes were round and pure black, then she smiled happily, Tao Zhiyue was taken aback.

When I was in high school, there lived a little girl of the same age downstairs in his house. She was never afraid of strangers, and she often looked at him with a smile like this when she met her in the corridor.

Sixteen or seventeen-year-old Tao Zhiyue has always wanted a younger sister. He thought the neighbor's little sister was very cute, so he brought her a beautiful candy every day, which made the child roll his eyes with a smile, and then he would sweetly talk to him. Say see you tomorrow.

"Grandpa is walking the dog, I don't know where he is going!" The little girl looked around seriously, and answered him crisply.

Tao Zhiyue came back to his senses, thought for a while, he was worried that such a child would stay alone in a park with people coming and going, and he didn't dare to take her to find grandpa rashly, so he simply stayed aside, ready to wait for her Grandpa found it by himself.

"Big brother, my name is Qiuqiu." The little girl lost interest in Butterfly and started chatting with him, "You are very handsome, even more handsome than my brother."

Qiuqiu's innocent eyes showed undisguised love, Tao Zhiyue laughed, and the business boasted to each other: "You are also very beautiful, prettier than all the children I know."

Qiuqiu was shy, holding her face together, her voice filled with joy, "Really?"

"Really." Tao Zhiyue nodded with a smile, "Does Qiuqiu accompany grandpa to walk the dog every day?"

"Yes, Qiuqiu likes to get up early. Is this the first time for big brother to run? I haven't seen you in the morning."

Qiuqiu counted with her fingers, her memory is very good.

Tao Zhiyue was a little embarrassed, he was no match for a little Douding, "Big brother will come for a run often in the future. But when Qiuqiu and grandpa come for a walk with the dog, follow him closely and don't get lost."

Just as Qiuqiu was about to speak, she saw an old man trotting over with a snow-white Samoyed by his hand. She was immediately distracted, "Grandpa! Where have you been?"

"Oh my little ancestor, I've been looking for you for a long time!" The old man panted while holding his waist.

After recovering, the old man thanked Tao Zhiyue again and again, saying that the dog ran around just now and didn't notice Qiuqiu for a while.

Tao Zhiyue smiled, saying it was okay, he looked at his watch, it was time to go back to eat breakfast and go to work.

When he turned to leave, Qiuqiu raised her chubby little hand and said goodbye to him with a smile: "Big brother, see you tomorrow!"

Tao Zhiyue was in a trance for a while.

The little girl who stayed in memory and would never grow up again, holding colorful candies in her palm, smiled at him with a frown: big brother, see you tomorrow.

At that moment, he almost thought that he had returned to the place where he used to live, the old residential building where he lived for more than ten years. He was carrying a heavy schoolbag and had to go up two floors. They are waiting for him to come home from school.

The scent of gardenias all over the sky penetrated into his body, it was so sweet that it wove into a dream that was too thick to dissolve.

Tao Zhi didn't dare to look back, he fled in a hurry.

Zhitong game company.

The atmosphere in the company today is a bit strange. The CEO, who usually arrives late and leaves early, came early in the morning with a very serious expression. As soon as he arrived, he called away the HR manager and project producer, and the three entered the office to whisper.

A few employees who paddled and fished every day were a little nervous and looked around.

Although the projects of this company are bad, they are quite profitable, so the salary level is not bad. In the general 996 game industry, overtime is not that serious. For many people, this is already considered a good job.

Several private groups on the pp became lively. I didn't have the mood to work on Friday, so why not gossip with everyone.

Tao Zhiyue's expression was normal, and he stepped to the company, ignoring the whispers of the people around him, and also ignoring Xue Huacan who was very excited next door.

He turned on the computer, and continued to fix bugs according to the optimization plan he conceived yesterday.

Half an hour later, the three of them came out together. Among them, the CEO looked around the office area, his eyes lit up, and he went straight to Tao Zhiyue's desk.

When Tao Zhiyue left with the CEO, he was still a little irritable because he just started writing.

But when he walked out of the CEO's office, he had a strange expression on his face.

Promotion should be happy, and dismissal should be depressed. The people who eat melons are staring at Tao Zhiyue eagerly, trying to read a little story from his expression, but they are all confused.

...This expression, which is difficult to describe in words, seems to have rich connotations.

Tao Zhiyue didn't disappoint them, he didn't sit down directly when he returned to his work station, but stood next to Xue Huacan.

His voice was not too loud, just enough for the surrounding colleagues to hear, "You tell Lao Li that I am in contact with the HR of other companies?"

After the voice fell, the melon field boiled.

Xue Huacan was taken aback for a moment, then smirked, and subconsciously glanced at Lao Li's empty seat, "I just mentioned it casually, who knew that Lao Li told Mr. Guo."

The CEO's surname is Guo, and Lao Li didn't come today on sick leave.

Tao Zhiyue's tone was flat, "You peeked at my mobile phone screen, and then casually mentioned it to make a small report?"

"Sneaking or not, it sounds so ugly." Xue Huacan said with a sincere expression, "I just happened to come to you, but I accidentally caught a glimpse. Xiao Tao, I didn't mean you, it's really not good. , What is riding a donkey to find a horse? You can’t be so impetuous after you just graduated... Oh, sorry, I forgot that you didn’t graduate.”

As he said that, he changed the subject and put on a hypocritical attitude of understanding, "If you really can't bear it, it's not impossible to want to change jobs, but you are still in the company, but you don't work hard. The project progress is so fast, you are in a hurry every day." Going home to buy groceries, never willing to pay more for the company, what do other colleagues think of this.”

Other colleagues: Don't cue while eating melons.

A group of people all pricked up their ears and eavesdropped frantically. Such an exciting face-to-face confrontation is really rare.

Tao Zhiyue was not angry at all, and even smiled, "Is the lesson enough?"

Xue Huacan continued to smirk, "This is not a lesson, Xiao Tao, you are too high-level, and I am your senior, how can you talk to me like this. Mr. Guo told you just now, this matter, I won't be able to fire you, right? You should pay more attention in the future..."

"Oh, speaking of it, I still have to thank Senior Xue." Tao Zhiyue emphasized emphatically, "Boss Guo said he would give me a raise."

Xue Huacan's unfinished words were choked in his throat, and he looked like you were talking nonsense.

Tao Zhiyue ignored him and continued: "After communicating with Lao Li, Mr. Guo learned that my daily workload is more than twice the normal amount, and he felt that I was treated badly in terms of salary, so he decided to double my salary. .”

Xue Huacan: ...

"I was not very embarrassed at first, but Mr. Guo said that he knew that I might want to change jobs. Now the company has been lacking procedures. If I leave, the workload of other colleagues will increase, so I must accept it. "

Xue Huacan: ...

Tao Zhiyue added another knife, "By the way, there will be a lot of unreleased new game demos at the game exhibition in the city next week, Mr. Guo asked me to take a few days off with pay, don't be too tired, take time to go to the game exhibition Look, some ideas for the company's next project."

In the end, Tao Zhiyue concluded his speech, showing a smile that was not sincere at all, "Anyway, thank you, Senior Xue, for meddling in your own business."

After waves of blows, Xue Huacan could see that the ground turned red with the naked eye, as if he was going to have a cerebral hemorrhage in the next second.

There were bursts of exclamations from the surrounding colleagues.

Is this a social animal slap in the face that they can read without spending money?

After finishing speaking, Tao Zhiyue didn't give Xue Huacan any extra glances, sat down on his own, and put on the earphones to avoid being polluted by noise.

Recalling the conversation with the CEO just now, Tao Zhiyue still felt dumbfounded.

Because of HR Big Brother's nickname, he was misunderstood as wanting to change jobs, which is outrageous enough.

What was even more unexpected was that Mr. Guo, who was too brainy, still did not give up the conjecture that "the talented young master of the rich family came to find a project to play incognito". Recalling the original intention of entering the game industry back then, I asked him if he would like to do something more original, which is why the game exhibition came out.

Faced with Mr. Guo's expectant eyes, Tao Zhiyue could only respond, but he couldn't help but start to worry in his heart. If this continues, he might have to change jobs again...

Moving was very tiring, Tao Zhiyue sighed silently.

After such a commotion, Tao Zhiyue didn't want to work anymore. He opened the shopping software and prepared to place an order to buy a screen protector for mobile phones and computers.

When he was browsing the products, a message suddenly popped up on the pp.

[HR: Doctor Tao, good morning! ]

[HR: I'm going to Jinbei City for a business trip next week. ]

[HR: Maomao giggles.jpg]