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Author: You Zhu
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The boss of our company is from Fujian.
His family is said to be a prominent local family. Their ancestors made their fortune in the early years when Quanzhou opened its port. Later they became famous smuggling merchants, with their business reaching as far as the Arabian Peninsula.
The reason why we know so clearly is because he brags about his family's history of struggle every year at the annual meeting, euphemistically calling it the "Shark Spirit", which means similar to the spirit of the wolf pack, which is to encourage employees to actively strive.
By the way, he also said that the difference between the spirit of a shark and the spirit of a wolf pack is that the status within the wolf pack is strict and there are various rules for dividing the meat, but the sharks do not pay attention to this, and whoever can eat the meat is considered worthy.
The boss claims to be a believer in Buddhism. It is actually a bit ironic to say that the shark spirit is because Buddha probably would not teach people to speculate, such as producing masks and ventilators during special periods.
But later we discovered that he most likely believed not in Buddha, but in something else - in his office, there was a gold-plated Bodhisattva statue with three faces, nine eyes and eighteen hands, six of which were supporting the ground.
The Bodhisattva statue is held up, with six hands stretched out to pinch out the seal, and six hands raised high in a clasped posture.
Many colleagues privately said that the material of this thing may contain radiation, because it will make you dizzy easily if you stay there for a long time. I don’t know about this because I don’t go to my boss’s office often.
In short, the reason why I won’t update today is because my boss wants to organize a team-building trip for us during the May Day period to learn more about the shark spirit.
To put it simply, we need to rent a boat and go out to sea like fishermen, divide into 10 teams, and cast nets at their designated locations to catch fish. Then the lunch that day will be the fish we catch. The team that catches less will eat less.
Don't worry, book friends, I secretly brought a Snickers bar.
Anyway, we set off from the company bus tonight and are now staying in a hotel on the coast.
The hotel room has a musty smell, but you can see the sea from the window, so it's okay.
I stayed in a standard room with a colleague, and the company secretary was his girlfriend. He had just slipped out to have a private meeting with his girlfriend, and I was alone typing in the hotel.
I was originally going to continue writing extras today, but my colleague just sent me a long message on WeChat. I thought it was very interesting, so I specially shared it with you.
His girlfriend told him that in fact, the boss went to sea specifically during the May Day holiday not for team building or to learn the spirit of sharks, but to salvage something from the sea.
It is said that the boss has been having strange dreams from time to time since December last year.
In his dream, he dreamed that his ancestors took a boat out to the sea and went south, and came to a large island called Losos, where they dug out a burning statue of Bodhisattva.
This thing should be the one he placed on his desk, but it is not the same one. The one on the desk was later ordered and consecrated by a master from Thailand.
In short, this Bodhisattva later blessed his family with peace and prosperity. "Whenever the fleet encounters wind and waves, it will kowtow to stop", and the business quickly became bigger and stronger.
But during the Qing Dynasty, great conflicts arose within the family due to the division of the family. A certain ancestor was probably wronged and committed suicide after stealing a Bodhisattva statue when the family fleet went to sea.
Every time at the end of his dream, he would watch the Bodhisattva statue slowly sinking into the deep sea, gradually being completely swallowed up by the lightless abyss, and then he would suddenly wake up.
Because this dream was so frequent, the boss developed a deep obsession. He felt that this was a hint from the Bodhisattva, asking him to salvage the lost Bodhisattva statue in his family, so he organized us to go overseas to build a team.
This reason is actually not reliable, because if he really wants to salvage something, he can just pay the ship boss to help him. Why do he need to use so many company employees?
Perhaps it was so that we could witness with our own eyes the moment he fished out the Bodhisattva.
Anyway, I have already checked into the hotel and plan to take a rest first and then send the photos of my trip to the sea to the group for everyone to see tomorrow.