Chapter 324 Am I not a good boy?
When Dai Guizhen first learned that Gu Xingruo and Xu Wen were together, she was worried that their family backgrounds were not compatible.

After all, there is a big difference.

But now, after listening to what Gu Xingruo said, she began to worry whether her son could withstand such great pressure.

Xu Wen just turned 20 after his birthday this year.

Most other people’s twenty-year-old children are still enjoying their campus life.

But Xu Wen has already taken on so much.

Dai Guizhen did not go to school for a long time and started working at the age of sixteen. She naturally knew how difficult it was to make a living in society.

What her son is going through now is completely beyond her imagination and has far exceeded her days.

“Stop chatting, wash your hands and get ready to eat. I still need one dish.” Xu Wen poked his head out of the kitchen and greeted.

Gu Xingruo responded, turned around and helped Dai Guizhen up from the sofa.

She was very satisfied with her performance today. She basically used all the tricks her best friend taught her.

Xu Wen’s mother must think that she is a qualified daughter-in-law now!
Even if it’s not perfect, it’s definitely much better than the one with the surname Xia.

Gu Xingruo helped Dai Guizhen walk towards the dining table.

She noticed that Xu Wen’s mother’s hands were covered with calluses. A woman in her forties had the hands of an old person.

“Auntie, please sit here.” Gu Xingruo pulled out the dining chair.

When Xu Wen brought out the casserole of chicken soup, the apron string was tied loosely behind his thin waist, and beads of sweat on the back of his neck shone under the fluorescent light.

Gu Xingruo just looked up and then quickly lowered his head.

The elders were still around, so she shouldn’t think about those unnecessary things.

In just over an hour, Xu Wen cooked a large table of dishes. He poured a drink for his mother and wished her a happy Women’s Day.

Dai Guizhen’s eyes were a little moist.

She picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs, and her eyes suddenly became red: “Xiao Wen learned to stand on a stool to cook when he was ten years old.” The tip of her trembling chopsticks poked a small dent in the ribs: “That year his father ran away with the savings, and when the landlord came to take back the house, the child was squatting in front of the coal stove frying a poached egg.”

Seeing that his mother was a little sad, Xu Wen took the initiative to interrupt and said, “Mom, let’s eat first. Have you tried my cooking skills and seen if they have improved?”

Dai Guizhen is feeling complicated right now. She is worried about her son, but also feels relieved and emotional. There is also a little bit of self-blame mixed in with these emotions.

Because he really supported a family and brought a better life to his family.

But she is somewhat incompetent as a mother.

After dinner, Gu Xingruo saw that it was getting late, so he offered to go home.

She refused all of Dai Guizhen’s requests to stay.

Of course she wanted to stay here tonight, and it would be best if she could share a room with Xu Wen.

But Cao Yanan advised her not to rush.

Her current identity is different from the past. She is no longer an ordinary classmate, but Xu Wen’s girlfriend.

The traditional parental values ​​of the older generation.

If she often stays out all night, it will probably cause dislike among her elders.

Not to mention the time I stayed overnight during the Chinese New Year, I have to be strict with myself every time since then.

It’s not too late to wait until the relationship between the two reaches a certain level.

Although Gu Xingruo was reluctant, she felt that what Cao Yanan said made sense, so she decided to abide by it.

After she said she wanted to go home early, she couldn’t help but sigh in her heart that today was really a perfect day.

Xu Wen’s mother must think she is a good girl!

In fact, she and Cao Yanan were overthinking it. Even if Gu Xingruo really stayed tonight, Dai Guizhen would not think so.

However, under the requirements of “tradition”, she left anyway.

After Gu Xingruo left, Xu Wen began to clean up the leftovers on the table.

Dai Guizhen can’t sit still.

Even though her son refused again and again, she still stepped forward to help clean up.

Xu Wen couldn’t persuade his mother, so they had to work together.

“Have you really thought it through?” Dai Guizhen suddenly asked.

She knew that as an elder she shouldn’t interfere in the relationship between young people, but she still couldn’t help asking.

“I’ve thought about it.” Xu Wen didn’t ask what his mother was talking about, but simply replied with these three words.

After all, he had already thought about everything.

He will continue along this path.

“Ningning is a good child. If you don’t plan to get along with her, tell her nicely and don’t hurt her,” Dai Guizhen reminded.

She knew that what she was saying now was complete nonsense.

Regardless of the reason, the two have broken up, so how could it not cause hurt?
But she still felt soft-hearted and couldn’t help but speak.

It would be nice if there was a way to have the best of both worlds.

Xu Wen smiled helplessly after hearing this.

It wasn’t him who hurt Xia Ning, it was clearly Xia Ning who hurt your son.

But he definitely couldn’t tell his mother about this, so he simply said, “I know, I won’t hurt her.”

Xu Wen never wanted to hurt Xia Ning.

At first he just wanted an ordinary relationship, but now it seems that he was thinking too simply.

“Mom knows you’re under a lot of pressure right now, and there’s not much I can do to help you. But no matter when you come back, there will definitely be hot meals at home, and we can live whatever kind of life we ​​want.” Dai Guizhen took the initiative to comfort her.

She never wanted her son to live such a tiring life and bear such great pressure, but she also knew that children also have things they want to do.

As a mother, all she needs to do is to support silently behind the scenes.

Xu Wen agreed to everything Dai Guizhen said.

Most boys of his age would feel that their parents are nagging, but now he only feels warmth.

It’s so nice to have my mother around.

“There is one more thing.” Dai Guizhen just turned around and was about to go to the living room, but suddenly turned back.

Xu Wen stood there and listened silently.

Dai Guizhen said earnestly: “Ruoruo is a good girl. If you really want to date her this time, date her for a longer period of time. Don’t just date her for a few months like we’re playing house. That’s boring.”

As a mother, her biggest concern is that her son grow up to be a man like his father.

Xu Wen smiled bitterly, he was really wronged in this matter.

Gu Xingruo and Xia Ning are both good girls, so is he not a good boy?
I also hope that these good girls can cherish him and not lock him up and play the yandere game all the time.

Xu Wen knew that it was useless to explain, so he could only say one more sentence: “I know, I will definitely treat you well.”

With these words, Dai Guizhen finally felt relieved.

She doesn’t want her son to be rich or powerful, she just simply wants him to be happy.

After the job fair at Linjiang University ended, Xu Wen took people to recruit at several universities.

Under the temptation of huge benefits, many fresh graduates come to them to submit their resumes.

Many people apply for the job, but few stay.

Xu Wen is a startup company. Its recruitment conditions seem to be loose, but in fact they are very strict.

With the presence of two big guys, Wan Zhi and Jia Mingliang, they can tell through contact which of their peers are truly talented and which are just here to fill in the gaps.

After spending some time together, Jiang Xiaqing’s views on the two of them have changed.

The recruitment requirements are strict, and coupled with their special contracts, not many people actually get the job.

This contract was drawn up by Jiang Xiaqing. Newly recruited college students had to sign a talent training plan with the company. Many of those who originally met the requirements gave up after seeing the contract.

The contract states that the company will provide systematic training to new employees, with at least 8 hours of professional skills training courses per week, and all training costs will be borne by the company.

You can learn while working, and there will be technical experts to guide you personally during your work.

As for these experts, Jiang Xiaqing hired them from other companies at high prices. During the training period, their salary was the same as that of regular employees. In addition, there were various benefits in the contract, such as housing subsidies, on-the-job master’s degree subsidies, bonuses, etc.

Each one is quite tempting.

But all this comes at a price.

The contract stipulates that the employee must serve the company for at least thirty-six months after the training period.

If you leave within the first year, you will have to pay 100% of the penalty plus the entire cost of the training period.

In the second year, the penalty for leaving the company is reduced to 60%.

In the third year, the liquidated damages are reduced to 30%.

In addition, the contract also stipulates a strict non-compete agreement.

The treatment and benefits are good, but there are also many restrictions.

Many people were scared away when they saw the contract.

After all, Xu Wen’s company was established only a short time ago, and no one dared to bet on what the company would look like in three years.

What if they are half-dead and still struggling to hold on, wouldn’t they have wasted the most precious three years of their lives?
If you want to leave early, you will have to pay a penalty.

If I want to work for other large Internet companies after leaving my job, the HR will not be interested in my work experience in this small company.

Under such harsh conditions, Xu Wen traveled to various universities and finally managed to put together a team of 34 people.

Five of them are technical experts that Jiang Xiaqing had recruited from other companies with great difficulty, and they have rich project experience.

Plus the three people Xu Wen brought from his original company: Wan Zhi, Jia Mingliang and Xue Yepeng.

These eight people formed the core team of the project.

It basically covers all technical positions.

The remaining twenty-six people are all recent college graduates.

Seeing that the team was almost complete, Xu Wen was no longer in a hurry to expand the team.

Let’s get the software running first.

He will slowly look for the remaining positions vacant in the company later. The most important thing now is to produce the product first.

Without a product, everything else is just empty talk.

The new college student learns on the job, and his company also improves on the job.

The team is not large, but it is enough.

Xu Wen remembered reading on a marketing account that when Ele.me was first founded, there were not many people in the team.

After forming the team, Xu Wen finally welcomed the first day of the company’s official opening.

He didn’t organize any fancy programs like groundbreaking ceremony or opening ceremony.

He just gathered everyone together and held a simple meeting.

In addition to everyone in the company, the people attending the meeting included Gu Xingruo, an investor, and Yan Hui, a representative of Hongjing Industrial.

Although Gu Hong said that he only cared about investment and didn’t care about anything else, he didn’t interfere in the management.

But he still sent someone over for such an important occasion.

Xu Wen stood right in front of everyone.

At this moment, everyone’s eyes were focused on him.

The sunlight coming in from the window made him feel dazed for a moment.

From a small team of only one person to a team of dozens of people today, from a school cafeteria to today’s spacious and bright office.

He has actually come a long way.

Xu Wen spoke slowly: “I won’t say anything extra. The positions have been assigned to everyone. If you have any work to do today, please ask your corresponding technical supervisor.”

“You have also seen the working hours stipulated in the contract. It is eight hours a day. Overtime on weekdays is calculated at 1.5 times the salary. On rest days, it is double the salary. On holidays, it is triple the salary. There is one day off a week.”

What Xu Wen said above is basically the same as that of other Internet companies.

The difference in treatment between companies lies in whether they pay overtime properly and whether they can really let employees rest.

“In addition to the above, I would like to add a few more points.” Xu Wen held up two fingers: “During these six working days, everyone can choose to work from home on two days.”

As soon as the first sentence was spoken, some of the employees below exclaimed in surprise.

But before they could discuss it, Xu Wen continued, “Our company has flexible working hours. As long as you can finish your work, you can come to work at any time you want. It’s no problem to come in the afternoon and leave at midnight.”

Among the people sitting below, there are a few industry veterans, and the rest are college students who have sent out resumes everywhere.

Where have they seen such a work system?

It does happen, but it basically happens in sales positions.

As long as the salesperson can negotiate a contract, the boss won’t say a word even if you don’t come to work, let alone flexible working hours.

This is the first time they have seen flexible working hours for technical positions.

When Xu Wen announced the flexible working hours, the boy in the plaid shirt in the back row secretly pinched his thigh.

He recalled the nightmare of commuting four hours a day during his last internship, and now he finally doesn’t have to repeat that nightmare again.

“In addition to the fixed rest days, everyone can take two days of paid leave every month, and I will definitely approve it,” Xu Wen continued.

In fact, it was the Zhou brothers, but he said it in a more bewitching way.

It seems that their company’s welfare benefits are very good.

“Of course, the premise of all the above benefits is that everyone can complete the work at hand on time. For me, I only look at efficiency and nothing else.” Xu Wen set a premise for the above benefits.

Why aren’t these benefits written in the contract, but have he to say it in person today?

That’s of course because what he said verbally can be canceled at any time.

If the company really encounters any difficulties, just pretend he never said the above.

Of course, Xu Wen didn’t want that day to ever come true.

From Wenzhi at the beginning to Shancheng now, there are only two words when he starts a company: efficiency.

As long as the work is done, everything is fine.

In his opinion, many company bosses in Dongda still have the mentality of landlords, and they will be upset if they don’t see their farmhands working in the fields one day.

Every day, I don’t focus on work, I just focus on attendance. Being late for even a minute is not allowed.

Xu Wen thinks this should be changed.

They are all from Xindong University.

If he wants to be a capitalist, he should be a capitalist who can be hung on a street lamp, not a traditional feudal landlord.

The company pays the money and the employees sell their labor. As long as the work is completed with quality and quantity guaranteed, everything is fine.

Under such a system arrangement, employees who want to relax will try to increase their work speed in order to get more rest.

Those who want to make money will work overtime like crazy.

“Of course, those who participate in the training program should not skip classes and should come on time for classes. That’s all I have to say,” Xu Wen concluded.

After he finished speaking, everyone in the audience began to applaud.

Normally they would applaud the boss against their will, but this time they were applauding from the bottom of their hearts.

Where else can they find such welfare benefits outside of here?
After Xu Wen left, everyone started to get busy. Today was the first day of work and everyone was very motivated.

After the meeting just now, no one wanted to let this startup company go bankrupt.

If you leave here, you won’t have such good benefits.

Gu Xingruo and Yan Hui followed Xu Wen back to the office.

Director Yan first greeted her eldest daughter, then smiled and said, “I am moved by what President Xu just said. I wonder if your promise to keep a position for me last time still counts?”

Xu Wen could tell that Yan Hui was joking.

But he replied very seriously: “Of course, as long as you want to come, we can sign a contract at any time.”

After all, sometimes a joke turns into a flag.

People should not set goals casually, what if the goal comes true one day?
(End of this chapter)