fish in the financial tsunami

Chapter 17
If you lose your horse, how can you know that it is not a blessing? If Su Xiaoyu loses his job, how can you know that it is not...

——Su Xiaoyu
1
Chen Sulei picked her up on the street in the middle of the night. Su Xiaoyu was crying to the point of exhaustion, and walked too much, so her feet hurt when she moved. When he finally pulled her into the car, he almost dragged her and hugged her.

Feeling so ashamed that she was ashamed, she didn't want to speak at first, but Chen Sulei's first question was on her heart, bloody and unable to hide.

"Xiaoyu, BLM is bankrupt, what are you going to do next?"

what to do?She couldn't find a tissue, so she wiped her tears with her sleeves. After wiping, her eyes were still clouded with tears, which was really useless.

"If I look for a job again, I will always have a job."

He turned his head to look at her, and suddenly felt pressure inexplicably. On Midsummer Night, maybe the air conditioner in the car was too strong, Su Xiaoyu shivered.I remembered that I hadn't thanked him for saving me at midnight, so I quickly added it.

"Thank you for taking me home, Su Lei, it was such a coincidence to meet you."

He didn't answer, but glanced at her again. Chen Sulei's eyes were long and narrow, commonly known as phoenix eyes, and when he smiled, he was really charming, but when he was not smiling, he was majestic and oppressive.

Did she say the wrong thing again?Where is wrong?Thanks or find another job?Impossible.

After much deliberation, Su Xiaoyu was sure that the car's air conditioner was broken. The financial tsunami came, and even the air conditioner was affected. This world is really terrible.

Then he took another peek at the man who was driving. The car had already jumped onto the elevated road, and the speed was not fast. He looked ahead without saying a word.

Suddenly, I had the illusion that I hadn't seen this man for centuries. Chen Sulei under the moon looked at him for fear that it might be an illusion, but he couldn't help it. Su Xiaoyu secretly glanced at him again.

There seems to be magic in him, and she feels calm when she looks at it. She has always been optimistic. Although at that time she forced herself not to see him again, it was just secretly sad for a while, but this time the blow was really heavy. , one after another, without giving her any buffer time, thinking that my family of three will soon have no fixed place, after all, I can't bear it, so I lost my composure on the street like that, now I cry, I lose face and lose face After all, let's get back to reality.

If the house is really gone, the worst thing is to rent it again. If the job is gone, I have to find it anyway. I lowered my head and thought about what to do next. When I raised my head again, the door of my house was close in front of me, and I looked at him again At a glance, thinking of whether such a chance encounter will happen again in the future, although she is still full of sadness, but she can't help it, Su Xiaoyu's eyes are more reluctant.

Alas, I gave up by myself, still watching?look again?It's really useless.

Saying thank you again, Su Xiaoyu stretched out his hand to push the door, ready to get out of the car.

He pulled the door twice but couldn't open it. Looking back, he was facing Chen Sulei's eyes, the same pair of dark pupils, thousands of times thicker than the night.

"Little fish." He spoke.

"Ah?" Bewitched, Su Xiaoyu stared at him blankly.

"If you need a job, I have it here."

What's the meaning?Unable to understand, Su Xiaoyu continued her monosyllable and said "ah" again.

He answered, but this time he turned his head to look ahead, his hands were still on the steering wheel, his fingers moved, and then fell back.

"My company needs people, so come on."

2
Su Xiaoyu has a new job.

The office is still in the familiar building. The boss is a man she once thought would never be able to meet again in this life. The working team is very streamlined. In addition to her, there is a driver, and another one who has not arrived yet. The legendary super assistant lady, no matter how much she wrenches her fingers, she can't get enough of a slap.

Although it is the same building, the floor is much higher, and the elevator cannot stop directly. On the first day, she was puzzled and asked the building management. After they saw her ID, they were very polite and gave her the prepared magnetic card. It turns out that you have to swipe your card when you stop on a special floor.

I have been in and out of here so many times, and it was the first time I encountered such a situation. Su Xiaoyu stood in the elevator with a confused face. After going upstairs, I found that there was no reception at all on this floor, and even the company LOGO was not provided. She thought she had gone to the wrong place, and stood alone outside the glass door for a long time.

In the end, the door was pushed open from the inside, with a familiar face, Su Xiaoyu was a little dazed at first, but later remembered that he had seen it before.

It was the Mr. driver who had appeared a long time ago, who called a taxi for her in the cold night, and stood by the door professionally to open the door for her.

"Miss Su, you are here. Mr. Chen is waiting for you. Please come in." The driver was holding the car key in his hand, and he was obviously about to go out. He was very polite when he saw her, stopped talking, and held his hand against her. He opened the door and waited for her to walk in.

"Oh, thank you, I'm going in." Su Xiaoyu was still not used to being treated like this again, and thanked softly when she entered the door.

The door is a corridor, and a few steps away is a semi-circular open space. It is completely different from the expected office. The carpet under the feet is thick and soft. There is only a huge sofa in front of you. You can sit or lie down, which is very tempting.LCD screens are neatly lined up on the wall, silently broadcasting news from various countries, European blondes, Arabs in white robes, and Asians sitting upright.

The outer glass wall was unobstructed, and the clear sky came rushing towards him. Su Xiaoyu was unprepared, and stood there for a moment in a daze. A familiar voice came from his ear. When he turned around and saw Chen Sulei standing behind him, he was startled. Jump, she pressed her hand to her heart.

Every time she sees this man, she feels a little out of sorts, and today is no exception.After saying goodbye last night, she thought about it all night after she got home, asking herself why Chen Sulei wanted to help her like this?After much deliberation, she couldn't come up with any results, and finally asked herself what was worth calculating about her. After asking, she was finally able to sleep until dawn.

"Are you here?" He only said three words, took another look at her attire, then turned and walked through the side door.

Unable to understand the situation, Su Xiaoyu followed instinctively. There was another room on the side, but there were tables and chairs inside. It was post-modern, and it was still a thousand miles away from the normal scope of the office she could understand. He left After arriving at the table, he turned around and glanced at her. She was wearing a simple white shirt, with a pair of glasses on his face, against the documents on the table, she was still suave and unreasonable.

There were two black sofas by the window. Chen Sulei took off his glasses and put them on the table, picked up a document, walked over and sat down on one of them, rubbed the space between his brows, and looked back she.

Understanding what he meant, Su Xiaoyu also walked over and sat down beside him. When she turned her head, she saw that the corners of his eyes were reddish, and he looked a little tired.

"Did you stay up late?" She was too familiar with this appearance, but it was unbelievable what happened to Chen Sulei, Su Xiaoyu couldn't hold back for a moment, and blurted out.

"It's okay." He answered irrelevantly, and put the document on the armrest of the sofa on her side.

Su Xiaoyu opened it and read it. It was an employment contract. She began to realize that this man was her boss. She adjusted her sitting posture and read it seriously.

The contract is in English, very formal, and the benefits and conditions are basically the same as what she can get in BLM. When she turned to the end and saw his signature, it was the first time she saw Chen Sulei's handwriting. This word is quite different from his usual calm and composed appearance.

"Are you okay?" His voice sounded again.

"no problem……"

Sensitively aware of the change in his attitude towards her, in fact, except for the light rubbing on the top of her head last night, Chen Sulei has never shown any comfort or thoughtfulness to her, as if they are just a couple. The ordinary friend I once knew, she was in trouble suddenly, and he just happened to stop by to help. Now this feeling is becoming more and more obvious. The small fragments of the past seem to be a dream, and the conversations between such conversations become distant and thin.

With his hands still clutching both sides of the document, Su Xiaoyu slowly pressed down the raised spot in his heart. Fortunately, it was like this, otherwise what would happen?Although she really needed this job so much, he was none other than Chen Sulei.A man like him, who was so inexplicably rejected by her, can still treat her with the attitude of an ordinary friend. She should really thank God and Buddha.

"Then sign it."

"Wait a minute..." Su Xiaoyu spoke hesitantly, looked up to see his eyes, and took a cautious breath before speaking.

"Su Lei, can I, can I advance my salary?"

This time it was his turn to be quiet for a while, and then he said two words, "How much?"

With a dry throat, she lowered her head and tried hard to say the number. After she finished speaking, she couldn't hear his answer, and then raised her head to meet those dark eyes.

Su Xiaoyu couldn't stand the way this man looked at her without talking, it made her speechless, and she struggled to explain, "I'm sorry, but I have a reason, because, because..."

It was too embarrassing to say, Su Xiaoyu lowered her head to look through the bag that had been on her lap, a little nervous, her hands trembling, she finally found out the loan contract, and began to feel ashamed again, and pushed it over. Sometimes I can't lift my head up.

He took it and read it, turned two pages, and finally spoke. There was no emotion in his voice, and the sentences were simple, just stating the facts.

"It's compound interest."

"Hmm." Knowing that he must be thinking in his heart, how could anyone in this world sign such a ridiculous loan contract, Su Xiaoyu still lowered his head and slowly blushed.

"Little whale, if you pay in advance, the contract period will be extended." I don't know how long it took to hear Chen Sulei's voice again. I don't know if it was a hallucination caused by her nervousness, but I thought it was a faint smile.

Does this sentence count as his promise?Also, what did he call her just now?Shocked, Su Xiaoyu suddenly raised her eyes, but Chen Sulei had already stood up, walked to the table and looked back at her, it was sunny, the room was full of sunlight, even his dark eyes seemed to be shining.

It's been a long time since she had been stimulated like this at close range, so she froze for a moment, and then wanted to confirm that he had already pushed the pile of documents on the table towards her, "Let's get started, Lisa. No, these data are handed over to you."

3
Although she doesn't want to admit it, Su Xiaoyu has always had this kind of self-examination in her heart - in fact, Chen Sulei would ask her to work and agree to pay her salary in advance, is it entirely out of sympathy for her?It's just pity for her. He is the most idle man in her impression. He rarely answers the phone. Does such a person need an assistant?Are you kidding me?

But after working continuously for a week, Su Xiaoyu finally broke through this psychological barrier. Who said Chen Sulei was idle?Who says he doesn't need an assistant?Every day, inexplicably, countless plans and proposals waiting for investment appear in this place, waiting for him to buy, waiting for him to sell, waiting for him to pay... Of course, the premise is that he is willing.

Su Xiaoyu was so busy investigating the background information of these companies that his eyes turned black. He knew he was rich, but he didn't know he was so rich. Sometimes he looked at the numbers on the paper in a daze, feeling like he was dreaming.

Her current office is in that room full of post-modern flavors. The desk is flat and wide. Except for seeing Chen Sulei sitting behind it on the first day, she has never seen him get close to it, too. Boss, as long as Being able to instruct the buddies to make the best use of their talents and resources, there is no need to face these extremely boring things all day long.

At first, she was a little afraid that the two of them would get along awkwardly, but only later did she realize how ridiculous her thoughts were.Except for seeing him on the first day, Chen Sulei rarely came here. Most of the time, she was the only one working in this huge space. Old Wu came a little more, sending more plans and plans every time. There was a big pile of them, stacked heavily on her desk, densely packed, as if you could see the anxious eyes behind them, shouting loudly, "Smash me, hit me, hit me with money."

There is nothing to say about the office environment. Although the workload is heavy, the advantage lies in the freedom, and no one urges her. Sometimes she receives a call from Chen Sulei halfway through, and just says "stop it", directly declaring that the company is dead , Su Xiaoyu looked sympathetic at the beginning when sealing up the materials, but later became numb, what can't be done?Used to it.

She has no time to sympathize, her current workload is no less than that at BLM, and she is busy until midnight every day as usual, but doing things under Chen Sulei is different from when she was at BLM, no matter how late she works now The car took her downstairs. As for the driver, he was the professional Mr. Driver.

On the first day, she was frightened and immediately refused. The driver's answer was, "Miss Su, Mr. Chen said that this is the bus. If Miss Lisa arrives, I will also take her home."

"..."

The familiar car was still glittering under the lights, this kind of shuttle... Su Xiaoyu was speechless.

The driver acted as if he wouldn't leave until she got into the car. After a few minutes of stalemate, he didn't have the guts to call Chen Sulei again. Su Xiaoyu lowered his head and got into the car.

After getting into the car, she spoke again, "Mr. Driver, please call me Xiaoyu from now on. Miss Su sounds so strange."

The driver was starting the car, but he turned around and smiled at her when he heard the words, nodded and answered, "Okay, my name is Wu Weiguo, just call me Old Wu."

Su Xiaoyu smiled back, held back for a while, and asked again, "Well, Mr. Chen doesn't need a car?"

Old Wu was driving with his head buried in the car. At this time, he smiled honestly at her in the rearview mirror, "Mr. Chen doesn't like to use a driver. He usually drives by himself. I just run errands at most."

"..." Su Xiaoyu was silent again, he didn't like to use a driver and invited others to come, rich people just have a lot of ostentation.

Old Wu is a typical honest person, he speaks very little, Su Xiaoyu was very quiet without asking him, there was no sound in the car, and when he stopped the car and looked back, she was already asleep, with her head leaning against the window On the seat, the body only occupies a small corner of the back seat.

I vaguely remembered some things from a long time ago, and I couldn't figure it out at first, but now I understand, and I want to sigh when I understand, Lao Wu looked at her and shook his head.

4
After a while, Su Xiaoyu got used to the current life.

On a very ordinary Monday, Su Xiaoyu went to work on time and lost a BLM. The world was still running, but the atmosphere in this building was always slightly different. The kind of enthusiasm she felt when she walked in here on the first day The feeling is long gone.

When she entered the elevator, she heard the phone ringing. No one spoke in the elevator. She took out her mobile phone under the eyes of many people, and complained in her heart why the network coverage here was so good.

The voice on the other end made her stunned suddenly, it was actually Tang Zhongwen.

In fact, after BLM disappeared overnight, it wasn't that she lost contact with her colleagues. At least Yang Yan and Li Jun still talked with her occasionally on the phone, and even went out for dinner on the day off.

They are all people with strong family backgrounds. Although they were unexpectedly unemployed, it’s okay to adjust their mood. Yang Yan is already busy participating in the family business. As for Li Jun, he plans to go abroad for further studies. It seems that he will not give up until he gets a Ph.D. of.

During the meal, they carefully asked her how she was doing, knowing that it was out of concern, Su Xiaoyu was very moved, and quickly said that she had found a job again, which made the two of them widen their eyes on the spot.

"So fast?! Su Xiaoyu, you're amazing." Yang Yan was the first to call out, and patted her on the shoulder with a smile. Su Xiaoyu was drinking soup, and was almost spit out by her.

"It's okay, a friend helped, how about the others?"

"It's not very clear. I heard that most of the foreign employees have returned to China. We don't know the others well, so we didn't ask much."

"Yes." Recalling the tragic situation that day, Su Xiaoyu lowered his head and sighed, feeling deeply lucky again.

Thinking about it this way, she took it for granted that Tang Zhongwen had already returned to Singapore, but she did not expect to receive a call from him again. The last time she heard this voice, she reflexively began to reflect on what tasks she had not completed. Now this "Su Xiao "Fish" fell into her ears, she felt as if she had passed away, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Su Xiaoyu, are you listening?" The voice from over there sounded again.

(End of this chapter)