Although Hou Xuemei is a bit messy, she is Section Chief Hou's daughter after all, and her uncle is a noble person in Fang Hanmin's life. Section Chief Hou gave him as much help as he could during Fang Hanmin's regularization and promotion process. Taking these factors into account, Fang Hanmin did not want to To stimulate Hou Xuemei, he could only lower his posture and keep showing weakness.
Faced with Fang Hanmin's weak attitude, even if Hou Xuemei wanted to continue to be willful, she couldn't find a focus. I have to say that Fang Hanmin's trick really worked. After hearing his words, Hou Xuemei fell silent, but did not hang up the phone.
After two or three minutes, just when Fang Hanmin was about to suggest ending the call, Hou Xuemei adjusted her emotions and said very calmly: "Fang Hanmin, we only met briefly and talked on the phone twice. It’s normal that you don’t understand me, but only through contact can you understand each other. I would like to make a suggestion, let’s try dating for a while, and then decide whether to continue to get along with each other after we get to know each other. Isn’t that good?”
Hou Xuemei's words were very rational and were spoken after calm consideration. But Fang Hanmin is not good at dealing with the opposite sex. He has not completely cleared up his relationship with Xiaofeng from his hometown, and his emotional entanglement with his girlfriend Yu Dongmei has not yet been resolved. These two things are enough for him to have a headache. In addition, he has officially As the technical section chief, he had a lot of work. How could he have the leisure and energy to get to know Hou Xuemei!
"Comrade Xuemei, your words are very reasonable, but I am not worth your time. Instead of spending your energy and time on me, it is better to look elsewhere. Maybe you will get unexpected gains soon."
"I don't agree with your statement! How can we call this process a waste of time to increase understanding through contact?"
"Because after getting to know me, you will find that I have many shortcomings, which will make you very disappointed. Wouldn't that be a waste of your time?"
"I think this is your excuse. Since you have many shortcomings, why do the news in the newspaper say you are so good?"
"Oh, how can you read the propaganda in the newspaper? I'm not bragging, I have more experience than you in this regard. When newspapers want to publicize a person's deeds, they often use a magnifying glass to see his advantages and turn a blind eye to his shortcomings. So. , I advise you not to read the news in newspapers."
"Tell me, what are your unknown shortcomings?"
In order to make Hou Xuemei quit, Fang Hanmin took the initiative to pour dirty water on himself and deliberately acted badly. "To sum up, it may not be comprehensive. My shortcomings include low motivation, difficulty getting along with colleagues, and small intestine jealousy." , low self-esteem, unconfident, timid, irresponsible, miserly, regarding money as life, and so on. Also, my hometown is in a remote rural area, my parents are old and frail, I have many brothers and sisters, and my family is poor... ..”
Before Fang Hanmin could finish speaking, Hou Xuemei interrupted him, "Stop talking! Fang Hanmin, in order to refuse to associate with me, you deliberately put on a show and degraded yourself to this level. Do you think I can't hear it?"
"I don't mean to belittle myself. What I said is all true. If you don't believe me, you can ask your uncle. He and I are good friends who talk about everything. He knows everything about me."
"My uncle may know something about the situation in your hometown, but he has only been with you day and night for a few days? How did he know what your shortcomings are? Besides, you have to be reasonable when you lie. If my uncle knows that you have so many shortcomings, , as an upright person as he is, it is impossible for him to be a good friend with you! Let alone help you." Hou Xuemei is a smart girl, and she easily found a flaw in Fang Hanmin's words.
Seeing that the lies he had made up were exposed, Fang Hanmin had no choice but to admit in embarrassment: "What I said is a bit watery, but most of it is true. Believe it or not!"
"Fang Hanmin, you did not hesitate to harm yourself in order to keep me out. This spirit of sacrifice is really admirable!" Hou Xuemei teased.
"Comrade Xuemei, please don't say that. I'm just laying out the actual situation to let you see my true side. It's not as complicated as you think."
"Fang Hanmin, don't speak so high-sounding. Isn't your purpose just to reject me? Well, I will give up and won't bother you anymore." Hou Xuemei paused and said sadly: "Looking back now , you had no intention of accepting me from the beginning, but what is difficult for me to understand is that we did not know each other before, and we had no chance to understand each other. Why do you have such a bad impression of me? Am I ugly? Or is it my father? The company has offended you and asked you to transfer your grudge against him to me?"
Upon hearing this, Fang Hanmin quickly clarified, "Hou Xuemei, please don't make random guesses. You are a good girl. Not only is she sweet in appearance and temperament, but you are also smart, lively, and kind-hearted. But I feel ashamed and not worthy of you." In addition, Section Chief Hou is my benefactor. He has taken great care of me, so why should I offend him? I am too late to be grateful to Section Chief Hou, so how can I hold grudges? Don’t let Section Chief Hou have anything to do with what we are talking about. connect!"
"It's all lies! If you think I'm so good, why don't you want to date me?" Hou Xuemei felt very sad.
"Didn't I tell you that I don't think I'm worthy of you, and I don't want you to waste your time with me? That's all, there's no other meaning."
Hou Xuemei felt that there was no hope, so she could only give up reluctantly, "Okay, isn't it ridiculous for me to be so wishful thinking? Well, I wish you good luck!"
After hanging up the phone, Fang Hanmin felt relieved. Thank God! This inexplicable emotional entanglement finally ended. Although Hou Xuemei was not given any chance from beginning to end, Fang Hanmin felt that it was a bit cruel to treat a girl like this, but he believed that he could not be indecisive, otherwise, once he fell into it, the consequences would be unpredictable.
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The three-day holiday passed by in a flash. According to past practice, after going to work on the fourth day of the first lunar month, the staff of the government departments were still in a holiday mood. Although some people arrived at work, they went out to do errands or went home as soon as they signed in. Some people simply asked for leave. , not coming to work at all. This situation will last until after the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month before the department's work can return to normal.
In the Technology Department, after going to work at 7:30, Fang Hanmin walked around the offices and found that there were not all the people there. He asked the clerk to inform him and asked all staff to gather in the conference room at 8 o'clock.
At 7:50, Fang Hanmin came to the conference room first, and then people followed him one after another. At 8 o'clock, he looked at the venue and found that only two-thirds of the people arrived on time.
"The meeting will begin now." Fang Hanmin stopped and continued after the venue was quiet: "Before the meeting officially begins, I want to take a few names."
After a roll call, it was found that there were 25 people who should be present, but only 17 were actually present. Excluding two people who asked for leave, there were still six people who were late or absent from work.
Fang Hanmin cleared his throat and said a few opening remarks, "The Spring Festival is over. I hope everyone can take their hearts back. Today's meeting is a heart-receiving meeting. Comrades, we must have a new atmosphere in the new year!" Then, he Prepare to inform colleagues about this year’s work plan and the requirements for everyone.
After just a few minutes of speaking, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and two people came in one after another. The leader was Lao Sun, who ran into Fang Hanmin's office some time ago and deliberately quarreled with him. After the two entered the room, they looked for The chair sat down.
Fang Hanmin paused his speech and asked: "The two of you who came in just now, can you explain to everyone why you are late?"
Lao Sun didn't expect that Fang Hanmin would care so much about this matter. He said nonchalantly: "What's the explanation? Isn't it just late? Today is the first day of work after the Spring Festival. In which year is this not the case? There is nothing on the first day after the holiday. What's wrong with being late? Is it necessary to make such a fuss?"
Old Sun's attitude made Fang Hanmin a little angry, "Master Sun, you are late. I want you to explain why you are late. How can you make a fuss out of a molehill? I don't think this request is excessive at all. But you are late and you are so confident. I think this is abnormal! Today is the first day of work after the Spring Festival, and it is a new year. Don’t look back at the old almanac. You have to know that things you could do before may not be allowed in the future.
Rules and regulations that did not exist before will be improved in the future. Everyone must be mentally prepared! "
Lao Sun did not show any weakness at all, "Stop beating around the bush, now that you are the technical section chief, you might as well just say directly that the previous rules and regulations were unreasonable and we have to overthrow them and start over."
"Everyone heard it. You said this, I didn't say that. Don't think that everyone sees the problem in either/or. Why should we overthrow the reasonable elements of the previous rules and regulations? What we need to do in the future is just to Make additional modifications to the imperfect areas before. For example, for your behavior of being late for no reason, although there were rules and regulations in the past, you failed to implement them seriously. In the future, you must strengthen your execution and ensure that the rules and regulations are strictly observed. Starting today, Everyone must take all the rules and regulations seriously, Master Sun, please tell me the reason why you are late."
"Why, you still have to embarrass me in front of everyone?"
"You are late for work. There must be a reason. What's so embarrassing about this? You have delayed everyone's time. Of course you should explain the reason clearly in front of everyone. Is this too much to ask for?" Fang Hanmin did not give in at all.
"I'm just late. There's no reason to explain. It's up to you what to do." Lao Sun leaned back on the chair and raised his neck, looking completely fearless.
Fang Hanmin was prepared for such deliberate provocation, because he knew very well that if he wanted to establish a new trend in the technical department and get rid of bad habits, he would encounter huge resistance, but the technical department must have a new look, no matter where the resistance comes from, He must face it bravely.
Seeing Lao Sun's attitude of being able to do nothing to me, Fang Hanmin said solemnly: "Master Sun, you are late for no reason, but you are not ashamed, but proud. You are a master, a veteran technician, and you do this for young people." An example? In that case, I will also provide you with a solid explanation.
If you explain clearly the reason why you are late in front of everyone, you will not be held accountable this time, but it will not be the case next time. If you insist on having your own way and you are forty minutes late today, as required, your monthly bonus will be deducted! It's up to you. "
In the years when the monthly salary was only seventy or eighty yuan, no one had a grudge against money, and Lao Sun was certainly no exception. When he heard that the monthly bonus would be deducted, he immediately changed his tone, "Isn't it just to explain the reason for being late? Today's breakfast Finally, I send a relative to the station, he’s late for work, it’s that simple!”
"Isn't this the end?" Fang Hanmin glanced at Lao Sun, "Master Sun, there is nothing unexplainable for such a simple reason. You have to go around in a big circle. I think you are a drunkard and you are not in the bar. ?”
"I don't know what you are talking about." Lao Sun said without answering.
"Okay, let me tell you. Master Sun, is your ultimate goal to embarrass me in front of all my colleagues in the technical department?"
