novelslam Chapter 697: A Tour of Your Work Environment
Chapter 697: A Tour of Your Work Environment
Upon arriving at the office, Huang Xiaochuan picked up the phone on the table and made a call in front of the three of them to his eldest disciple, Qiao Hongbo.
After graduating, Qiao Hongbo was recruited by the People's Bank of China. After the China Banking Regulatory Commission was established in 03, he naturally transferred to the China Banking Regulatory Commission.
Huang Xiaochuan is in a bad mood right now, and he wants to curse. The first unlucky person to suffer is his eldest disciple, Qiao Hongbo.
The speakerphone button was pressed, and Qiao Hongbo's voice came through the phone: "Is this the teacher?"
Huang Xiaochuan replied coldly, "It's me!"
Qiao Hongbo's tone immediately became enthusiastic on the other end of the phone: "Hello, teacher! How have you been lately?"
Unexpectedly, his warm welcome was met with indifference; Huang Xiaochuan retorted, "What a load of rubbish!"
Qiao Hongbo on the other end of the phone was stunned. What was going on?
Huang Xiaochuan asked Qiao Hongbo on the other end of the phone, "How did you become the senior brother? Hmm?"
Qiao Hongbo was at a loss. Why was the teacher getting angry at him? What was going on? He was completely bewildered.
Huang Xiaochuan continued, "I only took you students in total, thinking that you could help each other out. But now it seems that you are all looking out for yourselves and have no brotherhood at all. I am very disappointed."
These words made Fei Song and Sheng Lei lower their heads, clearly indicating that the teacher was scolding them both as well.
Qiao Hongbo reacted quickly. He immediately understood why his teacher was angry. "Teacher, please don't be angry! It is indeed my fault. I haven't been paying enough attention to my junior brothers and sisters, and I don't know their current situation. So, I'll contact them right away and promise that we will keep in touch. If anything happens, we will definitely help each other."
Having achieved his goal, Huang Xiaochuan stopped pursuing the matter and hung up the phone after exchanging a few more words with Qiao Hongbo.
"A loud drum doesn't need a heavy hammer." Fei Song and Sheng Lei both understood the implication in Huang Xiaochuan's words. Firstly, he was blaming them for not interacting frequently enough and for not looking out for each other. Secondly, he was criticizing them for not telling him, their teacher, immediately when something happened.
The two looked at each other, and Fei Song said with a guilty expression, "Teacher, I was wrong."
Sheng Lei also said sincerely, "I was wrong too."
Ding Yi looked at the three of them with a mocking expression, which made Huang Xiaochuan angry.
But at this moment, he couldn't care less about arguing with Ding Yi. As for Fei Song, he felt there was no need to say anything more to him. Letting him experience the whole process of this ups and downs in life would be much more effective than a thousand lectures.
"Fei Song, go sit in Gao Song's office for a while, don't leave yet." Huang Xiaochuan waved to Fei Song.
"Oh!" Fei Song quickly got up and went out.
After Fei Song left, Huang Xiaochuan said to Sheng Lei, "Sheng Lei, regarding Fei Song's matter, I have to both praise and criticize you. Since you could tell your martial uncle, why couldn't you call me?"
At this moment, Ding Yi spoke up for Sheng Lei: "Hey, hey, hey! Alright, alright, didn't Sheng Lei just realize she was wrong? Besides, if I hadn't happened to run into her that day, she might have called you. I'm the one who snatched her away, so you can blame me, okay?"
Since Ding Yi has said so, we should give him face in front of the students. Besides, Ding Yi has indeed helped a lot in this matter.
But Huang Xiaochuan still wanted to give Sheng Lei a few words of advice: "If something similar happens again, I won't need to teach you again, right?"
Sheng Lei quickly nodded: "I know what to do."
Huang Xiaochuan suddenly changed the subject: "Have you been having a tough time at work lately?"
Sheng Lei paused for a moment, then quickly shook her head: "It's not hard work at all!"
Huang Xiaochuan glanced at her: "If you have a vacation, go abroad and relax. If you have a boyfriend, bring him along. I'll have Gao Song contact you."
"Huh?" Sheng Lei hadn't reacted yet.
Ding Yi knew that this was Huang Xiaochuan's reward for Sheng Lei, so he stood up and said, "What do you mean 'ah'? I'll talk to President Qiu for you later, and you can write a leave application, go out and have some fun for a while, and relax."
If Sheng Lei still didn't understand what was going on at this point, she would be a fool.
However, she wasn't interested in traveling, so she boldly made a request: "Teacher, I don't have a boyfriend yet, and let's forget about traveling! But I have an idea."
"Tell me about it!" Huang Xiaochuan was very interested to know what this girl wanted to do.
Sheng Lei said, "I feel that I still have many shortcomings, and I want to continue my studies to improve myself."
Huang Xiaochuan understood what the girl meant. After pondering for a moment, he asked, "What are your own intentions?"
"I want to apply for a PhD at the Penn School of Business, but I need your recommendation," Sheng Lei said, stating her thoughts directly.
Huang Xiaochuan replied without hesitation, "Sure! Prepare all the materials you need, and I'll have Gao Song contact you." For Huang Xiaochuan, sending a student to Penn's business school to pursue a doctoral degree was no big deal; the difficulty lay in Sheng Lei's ability to obtain that doctoral degree through her own efforts.
Sheng Lei smiled happily: "Thank you, teacher!"
Huang Xiaochuan pressed the intercom on his desk: "Gao Song, come in here for a moment!"
The office door was quickly pushed open from the outside: "Mr. Huang, you wanted to see me!"
Huang Xiaochuan pointed at Sheng Lei: "Arrange for a car to take Sheng Lei to her workplace first."
"Okay!" Gao Song agreed.
Sheng Lei then said to Huang Xiaochuan and Ding Yi, "Goodbye, teacher and senior uncle!" and then left with Gao Song.
Huang Xiaochuan and Ding Yi drank tea in the office for a while. Ding Yi pointed outside and asked, "Aren't you going to call that guy in to say a few words?"
Huang Xiaochuan shook his head: "There's no need. Actually, Fei Song isn't suited for a commercial organization like a bank. He's a research-oriented person. I was thinking of having him do research at the newly established Hong Kong Economic Research Institute's Shanghai branch, but since you've already taken the initiative, let him stay at the bank for a while and see how it goes. If he feels it's not suitable, then it's not too late for him to go."
Ding Yi teased Huang Xiaochuan, "You! You're like a mother hen, protecting each of your students like a precious treasure. They're so lucky to have met you."
Huang Xiaochuan smiled and played with the underglaze red teacup in his hand: "The relationship between teacher and student is a matter of fate. For me, being a teacher is not only about imparting knowledge and teaching, but also a responsibility."
Ding Yi glanced at Huang Xiaochuan with disdain: "Tch, if you're going to protect your own, just say so. But you have to make it sound so noble. I'm speechless."
Seeing that it was almost time, Huang Xiaochuan put down his teacup: "Alright, I won't keep you any longer. I have to go out for a bit."
Ding Yi put down his teacup as well: "Alright! I'm leaving anyway."
After seeing Ding Yi off, Huang Xiaochuan said to Gao Song, "Call Fei Song and take him home on the way."
"OK!"
They remained silent the whole way. When they arrived at the branch on the Bund, Fei Song, who had already gotten off the bus, was about to say goodbye to Huang Xiaochuan when Huang Xiaochuan also got off the bus.
He patted him on the shoulder and said, "Come on, show me your work environment."
Fei Song was stunned and stood there dumbfounded.
Looking on with envy, Gao Song went up and gently nudged him: "Brother, hurry up and lead the way!"
"Oh!" Fei Song realized what was happening and immediately went to lead the way.