There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. - Oscar Wilde
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When Ruochu went to work at "Mirror" on the first day after returning from the United States, she found that the atmosphere in the office area was extremely strange. Everyone was gathered together and working hard without knowing what to say. When she came in, everyone fell silent and started talking.
They all dispersed in a tacit understanding.
This made Ruochu feel very uncomfortable. She felt that everyone was hiding everything from her and did not treat her as one of their own. Although she would leave her job immediately, she still felt sad for treating her like this.
After all, she has done something for each of them. Now, she still has to collect information for an editor, which must be submitted to her within today.
Silently, he sat down in his seat, made a plan for the day, and started busy one by one.
I prepared the information an editor needed, packaged it and sent it to them, but there was no reply for a long time. So out of a responsible work attitude, Ruochu personally went to the editor's seat to inquire.
"I'm sorry, Sister Zhang, I just sent you the information you asked me to prepare. Did you see if you received it?" Ruochu said politely with a smile on his face.
"Oh, I received it, but I don't need it anymore..." The editor whom Ruochu called Sister Zhang raised her head from the computer and replied expressionlessly to Ruochu. When she saw Ruochu, she suddenly
After his face became a little ugly, he probably felt that what he had done was not appropriate, so he added "thank you".
Ruochu reluctantly nodded and bit her lip: "Sister Zhang, can I ask why you don't use it?" The fruits of her labor were wasted for no reason, and she needed a decent explanation.
Although they are employees on probation, they are all equal in terms of personality.
"Oh, aren't you busy? I won't do anything for you." That "Sister Zhang" said in a strange tone.
"Okay, thank you for your consideration." Ruochu showed a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth and said clearly word for word, this is good, he will be free, why not do it. He straightened his back and turned to leave. There is no such thing as this kind of person.
What's the point?
Overnight, everyone in the office looked at Ruochu in a different light. When everyone met her gaze, their eyes were evasive. Ruochu now dared not leave the office area easily for fear of bumping into her accidentally when she came back.
It’s embarrassing when they talk about you.
I couldn't figure it out at first, but later I understood everyone. After all, everyone has jealousy. Some editors may never have the opportunity to go abroad for interviews in their entire working life. Now that I am still on probation, I have gotten such a big advantage. Others will definitely not accept it.
However, Ruochu always felt that the reason why she was allowed to go was because her nationality made it easier to travel in and out. Everyone must not know this, so they would be jealous of her for no reason. I guess it was a misunderstanding, so I stopped taking it seriously.
At this time, the small editor Xiaofan, who had graduated only one year earlier than Ruochu, sent a message on MSN, asking her what the new chief editor was like and whether he was fierce or not.
Ruochu honestly answered that she didn't know the new editor-in-chief, but Xiaofan stopped paying attention to her. Only then did Ruochu realize that everyone thought she had backstage connections. No wonder.
She didn't think much about it during working hours. She checked the two manuscripts one last time and sent them to Pei Hua, then waited patiently for her to call her in for training.
This time Pei Hua was smarter and transferred it directly to the editor-in-chief. Based on the experience last time, it is very necessary to be consistent with the leadership.
Not long after I submitted Ruochu's manuscript, I didn't wait for the result of whether it was approved or not, but I got a notice that a plenary meeting would be held in the afternoon and no one was allowed to be absent. It seemed that the new editor-in-chief was finally going to show his true colors in Lushan, and Pei Hua was also looking forward to it.
, although I met him twice, I still don’t even know his name.
Ruochu was supposed to go back to discuss the first draft of his graduation thesis with his tutor in the afternoon. After receiving the notice of the afternoon meeting, he had no choice but to leave or stay. If he went to ask for leave from Pei Hua by himself, he would definitely be rejected. After weighing it, he finally decided to give it to him.
The tutor made a phone call and made another appointment. Although she knew it was rude, she didn't have much time to stay at this magazine. Besides, she actually became somewhat interested in the editor-in-chief.
Based on the fact that he appointed her to make a special plan without even seeing her in person, this person was worthy of Qin Ruo's first meeting, so that she could know who he was. It was also true that everyone wrongly accused her of being the editor-in-chief.
Isn't it the back door?
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When Xiaochuan appeared in the large oval conference room, Ruochu felt as if he had been struck by lightning. His nerves were short-circuited and his brain went blank. He tried hard to think, but he couldn't seem to remember anything at all.
I wonder what he is doing here? Could it be that his identity has been exposed and he was sent by his parents? But that’s impossible. Could it be that he came to find me? It’s even more impossible. He didn’t even look in the direction of himself after he came in.
Take a look, is he?
In fact, Xiaochuan didn't attract everyone's attention when he came in, so the people below chatted when they should and were distracted when they should. It wasn't until Xiaochuan sat down in the editor-in-chief's special seat in the middle that everyone calmed down and paid attention.
All the power was concentrated on Xiaochuan.
"Hello everyone, I am your new editor-in-chief, Wu Xiaochuan. From now on, you can just call me Humbert." Xiaochuan was dressed in refreshing casual clothes, completely different from his image on Oscar night, using a standard male expression.
Zhongyin smiled and introduced himself. After saying this, he paused for a moment, looked at Ruochu, and saw that she was looking at him with dumbfounded eyes. He looked away and coughed twice.
At this time, Pei Hua took the lead in applauding, and the applause immediately resounded throughout the entire conference room. Ruochu was still in shock. When everyone was applauding to welcome the new leader, she was still in a daze, and Xiaofan, who was sitting next to her, clapped her hands.
He looked at her suspiciously, with a look of disapproval on his face, and thought to himself that he said he didn't know the editor-in-chief. Who was he kidding with this expression? There must be something uproar.
Xiaochuan made a gesture to signal everyone to stop, "I'm sorry to meet you all now. Firstly, it's because of some personal reasons..." After saying this, he glanced at Ruochu again, "And also about the future updates of the magazine.
I haven't thought about the development direction before, but now I have some preliminary ideas. So I have two purposes for calling you here today. One is for us to get to know each other, and the other is to discuss the revision issue with you."
"Okay, let's start with the lady next to me. Let's introduce ourselves." After Xiaochuan finished speaking, he picked up an unopened bottle of pure water on the table and opened it to drink.
In fact, everyone is familiar with each other. The so-called self-introduction is mainly to show oneself to the new editor-in-chief, so starting from the first one, everyone introduces very hard. Who doesn’t want to leave a deep impression on the leader? Especially to Pei Hua.
When she was the editor, her self-introduction lasted for twenty minutes and was not over yet. Ruochu became more and more fascinated as she listened, and her attention was completely diverted to the long and golden experience. Oh, that string of lights participated in the editing.
Just reading the name of the magazine is enough for Ruochu to look up to it.
After finally finishing speaking, everyone seemed to be immersed in her introduction, thinking it would never end. It was not until Xiaochuan took the lead in applauding that the warm applause broke out. The applause was even warmer than the one that welcomed Xiaochuan just now.
Ruochu couldn't help but clap his hands too, thanking her for ending it in time before she fell asleep, thus avoiding his own embarrassment.
Because she was the most junior, Ruochu was the last one to get her turn, but everyone paid more attention to her. Imagine a probationary student who has not yet graduated. First, she replaced the chief writer to do special planning, and then she replaced a senior reporter to go abroad for interviews.
Coupled with the widespread rumors that she has an unclear relationship with the editor-in-chief, it is difficult to avoid being noticed.
Many sensitive employees even observed Ruochu and Xiaochuan, such as Xiaofan, as if they wanted to find clues from the changes in their expressions.
"Qin Ruochu, please just call me Sabina. I have not graduated from the Chinese Department of Y University. I am currently on probation. Please take care of me." Ruochu stood up and said such a simple and concise sentence without any expression.
Chuan, after saying that, he sat down on his own. It can be said that among all the people who have finished self-introduction, it can be said that the introduction is the simplest.
"Sabina." Xiaochuan suddenly called her after she finished speaking.
"Hmm? Dad...Chief Editor?" Ruochu agreed subconsciously, almost not saying the word daddy.
Xiaochuan leaned back on the chair and crossed his arms, "Sabina, can you tell us more about yourself? For example, your experience in school can also be used." Xiaochuan said expectantly.
Looking at her and saying.
"Oh, it's very simple in school, there's nothing to say." Ruochu was a little uncomfortable with everyone's eyes continuing to focus on her, so she refused with difficulty.
"Okay, let's move on to the next item." Xiaochuan said as he handed his secretary Xiao Li a USB flash drive. After a while, an article appeared on the projector. If you first looked at it, you would see that it was the one who had been raped by Pei Hua before.
The rejected article was specially planned. Her face suddenly turned red. Fortunately, there was no signature on it, so everyone probably didn’t know that this article was written by her.
"Everyone, take a look at this manuscript and tell us your opinions." Xiaochuan said. If Ruochu didn't know what Xiaochuan was going to do, his palms began to sweat. Could it be her criticism meeting? If I had known that it would be so unlucky, why not
Back to discussing the graduation thesis.
After a few minutes, everyone began to discuss, basically with two opinions, similar to the previous differences between Ruochu and Pei Hua.
After Xiaochuan waited for the discussion to come to an end, he pulled up two more articles. If he read it for the first time, he would faint immediately. They were Meryl's exclusive interview "An Alternative Legend Created by Humility" and the Oscar live report written by him.
"The Power of Faith" was just sent to Editor Pei in the morning. I don't know why it got into my father's hands. I don't know what happened to the previous article. Could it be that the reason why Editor Pei approved that manuscript is because
Daddy, does that mean that he knew about her before going abroad? Could it be that everything was really arranged by him? Could it be that he has been lying to her?!!!
Her heart began to beat wildly. At the same time, she couldn't help but feel angry with Xiaochuan, angry that he didn't respect her at all, and even more angry that he had put her in such a situation.