Lu Weifu upstairs

March 2017, Shanghai.

Last week, a rainy and cold spring knocked down more than half of the people in the conference room. Amidst the continuous coughing and blowing of the nose, Xu Yihan let out a long breath, and then rolled his eyes again.

The chief assistant, Sister Zhang, turned sideways and asked softly: "Mr. Xu, do you think we should rest for a while and let everyone have lunch?"

"It's okay." Xu Yihan threw the carbon pen in his hand on the table, "Let him finish."

In front of the conference room, a bald man who was nearly forty years old was chatting endlessly at the PPT. Xu Yihan knew that what he said was all nonsense, but he had to let him finish—this man seemed to be some kind of relative of Aunt Qiu.cousin?cousin?forgotten.

Aunt Qiu is Lao Xu's current wife, and Lao Xu is Xu Yihan's father.

The head of the copyright department who was sitting on the side was blowing his nose again, Xu Yihan couldn't help frowning, thinking that this woman was blowing her nose too hard, right?Not afraid of snot spraying out of toilet paper?Thinking about it this way, it seems that the air is densely packed with bacteria and viruses.

Xu Yihan looked at his wrist. At 52:8, he decided to endure for another [-] minutes. If the bald man hadn't finished speaking at twelve o'clock, he would interrupt him.

At 53:[-], the chief assistant also blew his nose.

At 54:[-], I don't know who farted loudly.

At 55:[-], the deputy director of the marketing department bowed his head and played with his mobile phone.

At 56:[-], Xu Yihan yawned.

At 57:[-], everyone applauded—finally finished? !

Xu Yihan's spirit was shaken, and he immediately clapped along with everyone, with such force that his palms felt slightly numb.Finally!It's finally over!You can arrange work directly in the afternoon!In the past week since joining the job, Xu Yihan has listened to countless work reports, and now it's finally, it's all fucking done.

"Thank you everyone, thank you all," the bald man said with a ruddy face, "I am also an old employee of our company. I have been with the company all the way and watched it grow and develop... I am so proud !Now our company has a new leader, Mr. Xu, a talented overseas returnee! I believe that under the leadership of Mr. Xu, our company will be able to create greater glories again!"

Everyone looked at Xu Yihan and applauded again.Xu Yihan had no choice but to show a decent smile, and at the same time thought brokenly, there's no end to it, don't be pushy, let's go soon.

"Finally, I want to end with a photo, which I took in Mogan Mountain during the Chinese New Year this year! I hope our company will spread its wings and fly high like this rooster!"

Xu Yihan didn't even realize what the bald man said, but the screen flashed, and a big black cock suddenly appeared in front of him!

This rooster has a strong body, black and bright feathers, and a bright red comb. It is flying into the air with its wings wide open, its eyes wide open, and its beak wide open!

I don't know who said "wow", the head of the copyright department was about to raise his hand to applaud, but he saw Mr. Xu bounced off his chair!

"Fuck me!!!" Xu Yihan grabbed the water glass uncontrollably, raised his hand and slammed it at the screen!

"what!!!"

"Quick power off!"

"Old Qiu, get out!"

"Mr. Xu, what's the matter with you? Are you okay, Mr. Xu? Don't be angry, Mr. Xu, Lao Qiu is a bit of a poor worker, but he has done his best for the company!"

"Yes, Mr. Xu, Lao Qiu had a ponytail when he first came to the company! Look at him now!"

"Mr. Xu..."

"...shut up!" Xu Yihan's hands trembled, and the veins on his neck bulged. He shouted forcefully, "The meeting is over! Get out!"

Ten minutes later, Xu Yihan's office.

"Oh, Mr. Xu, look at this matter... It's a complete misunderstanding," Sister Zhang patted Xu Yihan's shoulder, showing a relieved smile, "Everyone doesn't know that you have fear... Oh, what is the fear—this Sick."

Xu Yihan said coldly: "Ornithophobi, ornithophobi."

"Oh, ornithosis, to tell you the truth, I've lived for more than 40 years, and this is the first time I've heard of it..."

"Okay, I'm fine, you go and order me a cup of coffee without adding anything."

"Aren't you eating? It's okay not to eat at noon, my stomach can't stand it! It's fine now, and the problem will come out when I get older!"

"Call for a cup of coffee," Xu Yihan felt the pain in the back of his head trembling, "Now, hurry up."

Sister Zhang walked away with three sighs, Xu Yihan threw his head back into the office chair and closed his eyes wearily.

Ornithosis is an abnormal, irrational fear of birds.Especially in the bird's beak, claws, head, and the skin after hair removal.This kind of mental illness is extremely difficult to correct, and in many cases it will accompany the patient throughout his life.

Xu Yihan is not very afraid of birds. When he was studying in England, he would occasionally sprinkle some bread crumbs on the windowsill to feed the sparrows.

Xu Yihan was only afraid of chickens.

He is afraid of all chickens that have lost their fluff and grown their feathers, regardless of whether they are male or female, black or white, live or dead.

And it's not just a general fear, it's a fear that makes your palms sweat and your toes curl up unconsciously as soon as the image of a chicken appears in your mind.

Fortunately, as long as you don't take the initiative to go to the raw poultry market, you can hardly see chickens in the city.

But after all calculations, Xu Yihan never expected that he would see a picture of a chicken in the debriefing meeting.

Fuck!

The dignified airborne president, the young master of Xu's enterprise, a handsome and rich returnee from a prestigious school, is he afraid of chickens?

If this matter gets out, why is Xu Yihan so majestic?

Thinking of this, the back of Xu Yihan's head hurt even more, it was so painful that it felt like it was about to split open.Coffee, why hasn't the coffee arrived yet?Isn't there a coffee shop downstairs? !

At this time, the phone rang again, and the tinkling sounds seemed to be urging his life. Xu Yihan glanced at the screen irritably, and became even more irritable.

"Hello?! If you participate in the competition, just tell me, I will hang up if it is not for the competition!"

"Why are you so irritable?" There was a slightly low, calm male voice on the other end of the phone.

"Stop talking nonsense, it got to you so soon?"

"Well, your father and Aunt Qiu came to my house for dinner at noon today, and Aunt Qiu's relative called at the dinner table."

Xu Yihan yelled: "I'm fucked, haven't weaned? Is this, nothing else but a complaint?! Besides, I explained to him that I have a fear of birds, and a fear of birds is a disease! I couldn't control it at the time Myself!"

"Who will believe this if it is said?"

"I'm really sick," Xu Yihan wanted to cry, "Lao Xu is going to call me again in a while... Okay, your call is not in vain, at least I'm mentally prepared."

"You're welcome, I wish you a speedy recovery."

"Wait, don't hang up——Zhao Xin!"

"Ok?"

"I'll ask you again, are you really not participating?"

"I told you very clearly," Zhao Xin said lightly, "I don't want to compete with those people."

"I just heard the news from the editor this morning," Xu Yihan paused, and said in a low voice, "The canned octopus is going to compete."

Zhao Xin: "..."

"How? You think about it again?"

Zhao Xin was silent for a few seconds, then snorted, "What kind of people did you find?"

"What 'who'? Do you know that canned octopus is our head writer at Azure?" Xu Yihan became a little irritable again, "Let me tell you, no matter how much you look down on him, he will be able to write a short joke of a few hundred words." Tens of thousands of retweets, you can't accept it!"

"……Oh."

"Tsk! Didn't someone say that he copied you! Don't you wonder who he is? Huh?"

"Not curious."

"...If you're not curious, you'll be stubborn! I'll see how long you can endure it!"

Xu Yihan hung up the phone and paced back and forth in the office.

Why is Zhao Xin so stubborn? !The two companies, Weilan and Haosheng, quarreled for nearly a month before they finally planned this competition. From publicity to organization to follow-up operations, everything was done according to the highest standards in the industry.For web writers, as long as they participate in this competition, no matter what the result is, they will definitely get a wave of excellent publicity.

I heard that there are already several writers on the romance side exposing rumors to each other in order to compete for the qualifications for the competition. Zhao Xin is very good. When others beg him to participate, he doesn't like it!

Xu Yihan sat back in his chair and dialed the number of the chief assistant: "Sister Zhang, where's the coffee?!"

"I'm also urging you! I ordered health-preserving coffee for you, which can clear away the heat! Mr. Xu, don't worry, I just called the courier and said I'm in Wujiaochang!"

Xu Yihan: "..."

He is in Xujiahui, coffee, just arrived in Wujiaochang.

"Sister Zhang, go downstairs and buy me a cup of black coffee—no, just go to the convenience store and buy me a bag of Nescafe instant. Sister Zhang, just now, please go quickly."

Sister Zhang smiled awkwardly: "Hey! Well then..."

Xu Yihan looked up to the sky and sighed, he really didn't know how this hapless Internet company persisted until today: the average age of front-line editors is 27.21 years old, and the average age of management managers is 42.33 years old, not to mention that there are one after another related accounts.Xu Yihan always remembered the scene when he came to work on the first day. The editors of the editorial department were discussing the outline of a Tanmei novel. Among the girls, their ears were red with embarrassment.

If he had known that what Lao Xu had asked him to take over was such a mess, he would have preferred to continue his Ph.D. studies in the UK, so he admitted it.

Sister Zhang knocked on the door: "Mr. Xu, coffee is here."

"Well, come in."

Xu Yihan saw that the antique bone china cup he brought back from England contained steaming hot Nestle instant.

Fine.

"Mr. Xu, look, that cup of health-preserving coffee..."

Xu Yihan said irritably, "You drink."

Sister Zhang shook her head again and again: "How can this work, more than 200 cups!"

"……How much?"

"220 five! This is still free of delivery fees..."

Xu Yihan's temples twitched.

"Is there a limit to our company's meal reimbursement? It's more than 200 cups, won't it exceed the limit?"

"It's a small matter, you didn't understand the situation when you first came here... We people have a quota, can you still have a quota?"

Xu Yihan gritted his teeth and asked, "When Xu Yiqian was here, how much was she reimbursed per day?" Xu Yiqian was Xu Yihan's half-sister. Before Xu Yihan returned to China, Xu Yiqian served as the president of this company.

Sister Zhang grinned, with an embarrassed expression on her face: "This... I really don't know much about it, and I'm not in finance... But let's just reimburse the meal and transportation expenses. How much money can I have?"

Xu Yihan smiled: "I used to see her posting on Moments often, eating truffles every now and then."

Sister Zhang: "..."

"Forget it, I'll just ask casually, you go to rest." Xu Yihan thought about it, Sister Zhang is indeed a handyman, what can she manage?There's no need to make things difficult for her.

"Hey! Then you should have a good rest!"

"By the way," Xu Yihan said, "When the health-care coffee arrives, you should bring it here." He would like to see how the 200-plus-cup health-care coffee is a thing that collects IQ tax.

Sister Zhang said courteously, "Okay, okay, no problem."