No. 49, Nanwang Street, Nancheng Affairs Management Center lobby.
Shen Yao watched the receptionist gently dialing the phone and speaking to the person on the other end, saying there's a new person coming to register.
Up until this point, the receptionist lady has been very professional. However, after the person on the other end has said something, the young lady's professional smile couldn't help but froze for a moment. She then whispered to confirm again. Finally, she hung up the phone and apologized to Shen Yao: "Sorry, the person in charge of the personnel of Special Immigration Bureau has gone for an urgent field operation and is still on the way back. You can wait in the lobby for a while."
"OK, thank you." Shen Yao took the registration materials handed by the receptionist. There were still people queuing up behind her. Shen Yao didn't stay long at the front desk.
In the waiting area of the lobby, Shen Yao put down her bag. The vibration sound came. Shen Yao pincked her phone, and message popped up with a familiar avatar.
Lady Mother: [How is everything going?]
Shen Yao replied: [The HR department is busy and I'm still waiting. ]
Ms. Wang was also probably busy. It took her quite a while to simply reply with [OK].
While waiting, Shen Yao glanced at the registration materials. There is a temporary worker permit in the folder. It has the words "Special Immigration Bureau" printed on it, along with her name. It seems to be used for her temporary access in the next few days.
There is also a thin sheet of registration instructions. The precautions are the same for all departments and there are nothing special. But at the bottom, the column for registeration units and departments only had the words "Special Expedited" written on it.
The fewer the words, the more things there are to figure out.
It is the end of the year. Most people around were talking about the year reports, summaries, and the shortage of staff in various departments. Shen Yao listened passively, without responding or making any comments.
"We've been so busy recently. We have to summarize today and submit the report tomorrow. One is handling the responsibilities of several people. We really hope new recruits can come quickly. Have the new staff of your bureau registered yet?"
"Not yet. There are procedures to go through. How can it be easy to send someone over? I'm afraid the earliest will be after the new year."
"I heard that the newcomer from the Special Immigration Bureau will register in a few days."
"If you were one of them, it would also be fast to ask for someone for you."
"That's it."
Special Immigration Bureau, newcomer...
Isn't it her?
Shen Yao turned her head slightly. The two who had been talking earlier were already discussing something else. She didn't expect that on the first day of registering to her new workplace, the first gossip she heard was about herself.
Shen Yao graduated from the university majoring in economics and journalism. Right after graduation, she was assigned to the News Department. There were over 2000 people competing for the same position. She was the one that stood out. She has been working there for nearly a year, and everyone's assessment about is positive.
As the year was coming to an end, everyone was busy with reports and summaries. Suddenly, her leader called her and said that there was a shortage of personnel in another department. The boss made a request to the News Department for borrowing some additional personnel.
The person is decided to be her.
The leader's point is that such a good opportunity is usually not given to newcomers. However, the department believes her potential and hopes that she will go out for training at first. Once the assignment is over, she can return and will have a resume for promotion.
"Thank you for the trust."
When returned to her workstation, Shen Yao came to her senses.
She was the only newcomer this year in the News Department. Her position was originally set up due to shortage of personnel. Therefore, it's impossible to send out more experienced workers instead of her. She just caught up with the opportunity.
Being transferred from the News Department to the "Special Immigration Bureau" where she had no idea what she was supposed to do, Shen Yao was completely bewildered. Even after searching on the internet for several days, she still couldn't find any news or information about the bureau. Her parents had to make a lot of efforts to inquire. They learned that the "Special Immigration Bureau" was a non-conventional department. It did not appear on the application list, and the personnel were usually transferred from other departments. However, they heard that the bureau had a few personnel. The job was stable, and the salary was decent. There are many confidential matters and occational field trips. Overall, it's not a difficult place to stay. She can first keep a low profile and build up her reputation.
But she didn't expect that on the very first day of registration, she would encounter the situation that the colleague in charge of personnel was gone for an urgent field operation.
With a background of journalism, Shen Yao has her own sharp acumen. First of all, there are a thick atack of appointment and sign-in forms for other departments at the front desk. But the one at the Special Immigration Bureau is extremely neat and tidy, with only her name on it - this indicates that the number of people who come to the Special Immigration Bureau for their daily visits and check-ins is far lower than other departments. Secondly, when she turned around just now, the receptionist lady was so curious that she gave her and the appointment sign-in form an extra glance. If she was simply curious about her, she wouldn't even take another look at that "appointment sign-in form" - this indicates that she was curious not only about her, but also about the entire Special Immigration Bureau department.
Only those with little contact will be curious.
Coupled with the fact that she just heard someone teasing about the speed at which the Special Immigration Bureau got personnel, she's afraid that the Special Immigration Bureau was both mysterious and eye-catching within its own administration unit ...
Finally, most of the personnel in the affairs department work in the office. When the receptionist called the bureau, it was obvious that she also did not expect the personnel handling the newcomer's check-in has gone out on a temporary emergency field trip as well.
Shen Yao couldn't figure out what was wrong...
But the most important thing is that the staff members have already gone on duty. They would rather rush back from the duty site in a hurry instead of asking her to come back the next day - this clearly indicates that the department is really short of staff.
Shen Yao lowered her head again. On the file folder, apart from the words "Special Transportation Bureau" and her name, there were also numerous watermarks that read "Top Secret".
Shen Yao had a lot of random and confusing curiosity about her new job in the future.
*
"Oh dear, I've been waiting for you for so long - I've finally gotten you here. I'm Zhang Min, the director of the External Personnel Department of the Special Immigration Bureau."
Director Zhang seemed to be the kind of person who was well-versed in dealing with various situations in an office environment. He was warm-hearted but never too forward.
Each department has its own style, and this one is indeed different from that of the News Department. Shen Yao wasn't sure whether this was the style of the unit or Director Zhang's personal style. But she was very generous and said, "Nice to meet you, Director Zhang."
Zhang Min felt that the newcomer was very young, but she was neat and efficient, and didn't seem to be nervous at all. Not being nervous in front of others is great. When people feel nervous here, they become too timid to do anything.
Zhang Min was actually a little scared of previous rash person.
"Would you like to drink tea or water?"
But Zhang's move was quicker than his words. He had already benn taking the tea box. Shen Yao observed him and then followed smoothly, saying, "Tea please."
Zhang was indeed very happy. "You have good taste. This tea was recommended by Old Teng. Tea recommanded by him must be very good. I'm really sorry today that we had an urgent matter, and there weren't enough staff. In a hurry, I forgot to notify you in advance and made you wait for a long time. Please forgive me."
Shen Yao smiled, "It's fine. Just happened to familiarize myself with the new environment and recognize the way around."
Zhang Min was pleasantly surprised. Oh, this girl is quite articulate.
The Special Immigration Bureau doesn't lack those with eight hands and three heads. What it lacks is someone who can speak "human" language.
It's not enough with the only one mouth of him. When there were many things to handle, his mouth would almost be worn out from talking. And he still had to come back to write reports. This advantage of Shen Yao pleased him.
"Did you graduate from F University majoring in economics and journalism?" Putting down the cup, Zhang Min began to carefully read Shen Yao's resume. He really didn't pay much attention to the resume before. The bureau was so busy that he only hope the News Department to send anyone over. He didn't even bother to look through the resume.
But now it's different.
"Yes, I graduated from F University last year. After graduation, I worked at the News Department for a year. The main tasks were..." Shen Yao gave the usual introduction.
Zhang Min listened attentively while looking at the resume. From time to time, he either looked up at Shen Yao or noded in agreement.
Shen Yao's resume is very good. It's much better than the mediocre ones came earlier. It seems that this time the boss was really annoyed by him and put pressure on the news Department, which led to a loss of talents for them.
It's not easy!
Although the boss had sent the word first, he still didn't expect that the News Department this time was so honest. It was much more honest than the previous department. He was now full of goodwill towards the News Department.
When Shen Yao finished, Zhang Min asked a few more minor questions symbolically, and finally said that he wanted to read the news that Shen Yao had written before. Shen Yao found some of them online, and many of them were signed by her independently. Zhang Min kept watching and became increasingly satisfied.
Previously, the relevant departments were quite cooperative. For matters related to the Special Immigration Bureau, they would write whatever they've been told. But now the relevant department are not so easily persuaded anymore. the Special Immigration Bureau had to write the reports by themselves, and then they will be reviewed by other departments before publication. This has made the External Personnel Department unaffordable.
Shen Yao's abilities were precisely in line with the requirements they had submitted to their superiors.
"Can you write official documents?" Zhang Min asked about the point with concern.
"I've got it here." Shen Yao had it on her phone. When Zhang asked, she simply found it out and showed it to him without any hesitation.
Zhang Min's worries immediately vanished. They had found a promising candidate. The next step was to figure out how to make Shen Yao "calmly" understand and take over the affairs of the department as soon as possible.
He can't be too hasty with newcomers. There is a process of acceptance involved, especially for their work in the bureau. Rushing won't help. There have been too many lessons before.
But it also can't be too slow. Otherwise, newcomers might think they are already familiar with the department's business, making it even more difficult for them to accept.
"Miss Shen, we may have some affairs different to other departments. The affairs are quite complex. Since you are new here, I think it's better not to assign you to a specific department for now. Let's just place you in our department temporarily."
Zhang "sincerely" introduced the planning: "The External Personnel Department of the Special Immigration Bureau has many trivial and miscellaneous tasks, and it has frequent interactions with both internal and external colleagues. It is the department that can help you quickly familiarize yourself with the affairs of the Special Immigration Bureau. There is no need for you to undergo specific onboarding training. There is a special case being handled recently. You can follow me and other colleagues from other departments for a few field trips and you will basically understand it...I have some work to do and need to go to the Medical Department. Later, let the administrative staff Tao Zi take you to get familiar with the bureau. The colleagues in the bureau are very enthusiastic, don't worry."
*
Shen Yao was so deeply impressed that when Ms. Wang asked "are the colleagues at the new department easy to get along with?", she immediately recalled Zhang's words, and the office door being flung open with a loud bang just when Zhang Min finished his words.
She was startled at that moment. Zhang also looked extremely troubled and speechless. But Zhang's expression was not strange or surprised at all, and even seemed somewhat accustomed to it.
Old Teng, wearing a grey trench coat, appeared at the door. His hands were habitually tucked in his pockets. His face was stern, cold and unhappy. "Wasn't it supposed to be ten minutes? It's been half an hour already. Are you still leaving or not?"
Shen Yao: "..."
Zhang looked embarrassed and tried to calm him down, saying, "Old Teng, don't scare off the new colleague!"
"Miss Shen, Old Teng is usually quite friendly. Isn't that so, Old Teng? When meeting a new colleague for the first time, you should give a smile."
Old Teng gave her a glance. Shen Yao, for the first time, saw such eyes - deep and profound like a deeply rooted tree, carrying a sense of weight and grandeur.
But when Zhang finished his words, Old Teng hesitated for a moment and frowned. Then, he really gave a forced, half-smiling expression.
Shen Yao: "..."