Shen Yan looked at the summary materials of the plans submitted by various departments that Zhou Xing forwarded to her and couldn’t help but sigh.
This month’s summary report didn’t have Zhou Xing to help her set up the framework.
She could only carefully study the framework content that Zhou Xing had set up in previous months, copy a bit from each month, piece them together, and find useful information from the materials submitted by the departments.
Very quickly, the framework for the June summary report was assembled.
After the framework was set up, all she had to do was insert the submitted materials into it and modify some of the technical terms into language that the leaders could understand.
According to Zhou Xing, the leaders didn’t understand the business, let alone now that Lu’s Group had acquired Shen Yu Technology, a leading company in the emerging industry.
These were things that Lu’s Group’s leaders had never been involved in before.
When Shen Yan heard this from Zhou Xing, she was speechless because she also didn’t understand the business.
Couldn’t they stop making her work on it?
Unexpectedly, Zhou Xing said, “That’s perfect.
Since you don’t understand the business, the things you write will be understandable to the leaders.”
Shen Yan: …… She had nothing to say.
She finally realized that Zhou Xing completely regarded her as a tool for compiling materials.
From now on, she would probably be a gray-faced, document-processing machine.
Shen Yan could only silently encourage herself.
Two hundred thousand yuan.
She had to work hard for it.
To be worthy of the two hundred thousand yuan she had yet to receive, Shen Yan specifically studied Zhou Xing’s previous monthly summaries.
Zhou Xing liked to use catchy small titles.
She wasn’t sure if this was his habit due to a competitive work culture or if it was a leader’s requirement.
But it didn’t matter.
Coming up with such titles was easy for Shen Yan.
Soon, she had a decent-looking first draft that appeared professional and impressive.
After finishing the draft, she corrected a few typos and sent it to Zhou Xing immediately.
After all, this was her first time independently compiling a summary report.
She wanted Zhou Xing to review it early so she would have time to make changes if needed.
Zhou Xing had been busy these past two days, sometimes not even showing up at the office for an entire day.
Shen Yan had no idea if he would have time to review her report.
She turned to Jian Hong and Meng Gulan and asked, “Jian Jie, Meng Jie, do you know what Assistant Zhou has been busy with these past two days? I sent him the June summary today, but I don’t know if he’ll have time to check it.”
Jian Hong responded, “I might actually know.”
Shen Yan looked at her curiously.
Jian Hong said, “Do you remember the Link project?”
Shen Yan nodded.
Of course, she remembered.
That was the reason she had to work overtime on her first day.
Jian Hong continued, “Last time, Assistant Zhou and President Lu went to the capital for a business trip to report on this project.”
Shen Yan suddenly understood.
“No wonder it was so urgent that time.”
Jian Hong nodded.
“Yes.
Later, I heard Assistant Zhou say that the head of the city government office originally planned to come to our department to oversee our document preparation, but Assistant Zhou stopped them.”
Shen Yan was shocked.
“They were going to come to our office?”
Jian Hong also found it absurd.
“Yes.
Later, Assistant Zhou had their staff persuade them otherwise, saying that if they came, we would have to entertain them, which would slow down our work.
Eventually, they backed off.”
Shen Yan sighed.
“This really is an important project.”
Jian Hong agreed.
“Exactly. Later that night, didn’t we send the materials to the city office at around nine? I heard they worked overnight, and the next day, it was reported to higher authorities.”
Jian Hong mentioned that trip to the capital again, which reminded Shen Yan of the “super economy class” flight ticket.
She felt guilty for booking such a budget-friendly return ticket for such a high-level business trip.
It made her realize that the world was like a giant makeshift theater, where even an intern like her could be involved in such crucial work.
Zhou Xing was probably extremely busy lately.
The Link project had suddenly become a top priority.
Lu Yu had to personally oversee it, so naturally, Zhou Xing had to stay busy with it too.
When Shen Yan sent Zhou Xing the report, he didn’t change a single word.
He just replied with a “strong” emoji.
Shen Yan: ?
Zhou Xing: “Just use this. No need to revise it.
Let Meng Jie help you with the conference arrangements.”
Shen Yan: “Okay.”
Shen Yan worked with Meng Jie to publish the meeting notice on the internal network, book the conference room, arrange for the property management team to provide tea for the meeting, and print and bind the materials.
Once everything was ready, it was time for the June monthly meeting.
That morning, Shen Yan was in the conference room adjusting the projector with Meng Jie when she received a call from Zhou Xing.
She put down the projector remote and answered.
“Hello? Xiao Shen?” Zhou Xing’s voice came through the phone, giving Shen Yan a bad feeling.
As expected, Zhou Xing continued, “Xiao Shen, I can’t leave the project team this afternoon. You—”
Shen Yan: “Huh?”
Zhou Xing: “You’ll sit in my place. There will be a nameplate for the General Office in front of you. You know the drill.”
At the monthly meeting, every person in the conference room was either a senior leader, a department head, or a subsidiary company director.
Even the lowest-ranking attendees were at least deputy-level managers.
She was just an intern!
And it wasn’t just about sitting there.
Each department had to present their reports.
How was she supposed to deliver a presentation?
If she had the skills for this, she would have passed the civil service exams already!
Shen Yan’s brain worked quickly, searching for an excuse to escape.
She even considered taking an ice-cold shower in the company gym at noon so she could develop a fever and justifiably skip the meeting.
“Assistant Zhou, how about letting Meng Jie or Jian Jie take your place?”
Shen Yan decided to try persuading Zhou Xing first.
Zhou Xing paused, then quickly figured it out.
“You’re nervous about speaking in front of so many people, aren’t you?”
At this point, Shen Yan didn’t care about saving face.
She admitted it immediately.
“Yes. I can’t speak in front of so many people.”
Zhou Xing was silent for a moment before saying, “Even if you just read from a script?”
Shen Yan: “I haven’t tried that, but I don’t think it’ll work.”
Zhou Xing: “Not even reading your own report?”
Shen Yan thought for a while.
“Probably not.”
Zhou Xing: “Alright. Got it. Is Meng Jie there?”
Shen Yan: “Yes. Should I hand her the phone?”
Zhou Xing: “No need. Just have Meng Jie replace me this afternoon. You focus on taking the meeting minutes.”
Shen Yan breathed a sigh of relief.
“Okay.”
Having narrowly escaped disaster, Shen Yan happily told Meng Jie the news and planned to treat her to a milk tea.
Meng Gulan smiled and tilted her head at Shen Yan.
“Even just reading a script makes you nervous?”
Shen Yan: “…Yeah. I might freeze up and not be able to speak.”
Meng Gulan nodded, then briefly explained how to take meeting minutes.
Afterward, she still couldn’t understand.
“Honestly, just sitting there and reading a script is easier than taking minutes.”
Shen Yan: ……
Meng Gulan tried persuading her again.
“Want to give it a try? If you really can’t do it, I’ll step in for you.”
Shen Yan shook her head.
She would rather do extra work.
If she froze up during the meeting, it wouldn’t just be her embarrassment it would reflect poorly on the entire General Office.