034 Confrontation, Freelance, Recruitment
When Qin Ren entered the office, he used a bit too much force because of the anger simmering in his heart. The moment the door opened, the bald Manager Ma was startled.
“Who… who is it?”
He stared at the young man who had suddenly burst into the office. He was tall and well-built, and his naturally melancholic eyes were a bit cold. For a moment, he even forgot to notice the work ID hanging around Qin Ren’s neck.
“How could you…?”
Yun Wanhe also turned her head abruptly, looking at Qin Ren in astonishment. She was a bit dazed by the unusual aura he was emitting, her small lips slightly parted.
Qin Ren glanced at her and saw the obvious redness in the corners of Yun Wanhe’s eyes. His eyelids couldn’t help but twitch slightly. He turned his gaze to the bald man.
“You’re Manager Ma, right?”
Qin Ren stared at Ma Shuai with a deep voice. Ma Shuai looked at Qin Ren’s ashen face and couldn’t help but glance at his work ID again.
Architect.
Not even a project manager. Why is he talking to me with such an attitude…
Is this how young people treat their leaders these days?
“I am Ma Shuai, the company’s new administrative director.”
Administrative director…
Qin Ren found it laughable. An administrative director putting on airs in front of the head of the design department? Although the positions were indeed superior and subordinate, at Qianhe, administration did not understand or interfere with design. When faced with a client rushing for drawings, they should flexibly smooth things over, and they had absolutely no right, nor should they, to reprimand someone from the design department!
What’s more, it was Yun Wanhe, the most capable department head in Qin Ren’s heart!
So, Qin Ren drew on his experience of confronting clients and spoke without mercy.
“In Department V, only Sister Yun is free to work on the 90-acre project. I heard the client asked for four proposals overnight. You didn’t refuse. Don’t you think that’s ridiculous?”
“Little Qin!”
Yun Wanhe, beside him, didn’t expect Qin Ren to lose his temper. In her panic, she grabbed his arm, trying to pull him aside while chiding him in an anxious and angry tone.
“What are you doing! He’s a new leader!”
“I don’t care what kind of ‘leader’ he is. I saw him pointing at you and scolding you from outside. On what grounds?”
“Aiya, you… can you not be so impulsive…”
“No. I can’t stand to see you being wronged.”
“You…”
Yun Wanhe was both anxious and angry, but hearing his words, a strange, light, and fluttery feeling inexplicably rose in her heart. She opened her mouth to say something more, but Qin Ren suddenly turned the spearhead on her.
“And you too. How many times have I told you to ask me for help if you need it? Huh? Why didn’t you?”
“I…”
“I what? You just won’t listen, is that it?”
“Qin… Qin Ren!”
A faint red cloud appeared on Yun Wanhe’s pretty face, whether from shame or anger, she stomped her foot in frustration.
“How are you talking to me! I… I’m your department head!”
“Yun Wanhe, don’t pull that on me. I can’t be bothered to lecture you.”
After speaking, Qin Ren shot Yun Wanhe a fierce glare.
Yun Wanhe was at a loss for words under Qin Ren’s glare. Seeing him turn around and go after Manager Ma again, she bit her lower lip, clenched her hands, and kicked the floor with the tip of her foot, looking just like a wronged little wife.
Damn brat…
What’s with him? She’s clearly his superior and senior. What right does he have to be so fierce with her?
Yun Wanhe cursed Qin Ren in her heart for having “grown his wings.” Meanwhile, Qin Ren continued to confront Manager Ma, neither servile nor overbearing, without a single curse word. But he made Manager Ma’s face turn red and then pale. In the end, Manager Ma evasively threw out a “I’ll talk to the client again first” and slipped out of the office.
The whole process of confrontation was actually very easy, and Qin Ren wasn’t afraid of him retaliating.
After all, he was new and on probation. A private enterprise is not a state-owned enterprise. His foundation was not stable, and he didn’t understand the situation. He had tried to assert his authority but was met with a backlash. He had to swallow the consequences himself.
What’s more, Qin Ren also had backing.
Yun Wanhe was the company’s most diligent veteran employee and also the youngest department head. Qin Ren, as the subordinate she had personally trained, was also the most outstanding among the company’s young architects.
In the year since his graduation, he had not only received two salary raises, but at the annual meeting, several leaders had specifically praised him as the company’s “Little Yun Wanhe” in their speeches.
So Qin Ren believed that, with reason on his side, even if he had “rebelled against a superior” and lost his temper at this Manager Ma, given his understanding of the top boss, Mr. Huang’s personality, he would absolutely not be punished for it. Instead, Mr. Huang would probably advise that Manager Ma to adapt to the new company environment.
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Afterwards, although Zhou Chi and the other colleagues around him all gave Qin Ren a thumbs-up, Yun Wanhe would glare at him from time to time.
“So what if I got scolded? Who hasn’t been scolded by their boss at work? You’re just trying to be a hero.”
“I was just standing up for you.”
Qin Ren pushed his office chair and slid over to Yun Wanhe’s workstation.
“And you have the nerve to say that, Sister Yun. I’ve told you countless times to call me for help when you’re too busy. And what’s the result? You call that not trying to be a hero?”
“Well… well, I just saw that you’re always so tired…”
After muttering these words, Yun Wanhe’s mind flashed back to Qin Ren’s “I can’t stand to see you being wronged.” Her ears quietly grew warm, and she turned her face away from Qin Ren.
“Also, Little Qin, have you ever thought that you have such a good future in the company? What if something like this has a bad influence?”
“So I made a judgment call. For something like today, I dared to confront him. And it turned out fine, didn’t it? Qianhe is a proper company. Who can say I wasn’t in the right? Can anyone dock my pay?”
…
Speaking of pay, Qin Ren also remembered that when he first came in this morning, he wanted to discuss freelance work with Zhou Chi. So when he went to the bathroom, he called him out of the office.
“Brother Chi, you have a relative at the Southeast Institute, right? Can you get a hook-up for those scattered jobs they can’t finish subcontracting?”
“Damn!”
Zhou Chi did a tactical lean back and squinted at Qin Ren.
“And you still say you don’t have a new girlfriend. You’re short on cash, aren’t you?”
“Cut the crap. Is there a hook-up or not?”
“You know, a few days ago, that relative of mine asked me to do some modeling. I’m not good at it, so I didn’t take it. Brother Ren, if you’re interested, I can talk to him. It’s 8000 yuan after you’re done. How about it?”
“It’s fine, but is the workload heavy?”
“Not heavy, just a dozen or so models.”
“Your sister!”
Qin Ren slapped Zhou Chi on the back, and a muffled thud could be heard throughout the corridor.
“A dozen or so models? Am I still supposed to do my actual work at the company?”
“Damn it, let me finish. First, the deadline is long. Second, starting next week, our department will be a little more relaxed.”
“Relaxed? Why?”
“You don’t know?”
Zhou Chi gave a mysterious, hehe smile.
“I also heard this from HR. Our department is getting a newcomer next week! A fresh graduate!”
Qin Ren’s eyes lit up.
“They finally hired someone? A guy or a girl?”
“I’m not sure about that. Given our department’s situation, I hope it’s a guy.”
“Mhm…”
Qin Ren nodded. A girl would be fine too. What if she was the kind who could stay up later and had more energy than a guy?
Anyway, once the new graduate arrived, a lot of miscellaneous work could be handed over. In that case, Qin Ren could also free up more time for freelance work.
So, Qin Ren happily accepted the job.
Actually, what he was interested in was not mainly the 8000 yuan at the moment, but that if he could get a connection with a state-owned enterprise like the Southeast Institute, he wouldn’t be short of such freelance work in the future.
If he was too busy, he wouldn’t take it.
If he had the time, he would supplement his household income.
Pretty good.
