The facilities in the fiftieth floor were top-notch and since very few people work in the fiftieth floor, she could see herself enjoying her time here. Little did she know about what was in store for her.
Yi Yao and Luo Zhi were Liu Guang's two assistant who will now be under Li Zi Yun. They gave her a tour of the office and she got herself familiarized.
When she came back to her desk Liu Guang was waiting for her and gave her a set of files. He also gave her the first task of getting the documents ready for bidding for a new company.
Before leaving he told her, "Miss Zi Yun, since you have accepted this position get ready to work late nights and also you have to be at the CEO's beck and call no matter the time."
Li Zi Yun did not put much thought into it. She was not a person who used to party much or go out often. Even if she goes home she only stayed home and went out only if Chu Yan or Li Shu or her other friends dragged her out.
So she nodded her head agreeing to the condition.
He continued, "You may also be required to come in at weekends"
'Weekends? What the hell!'
'That was her time specifically assigned for eating and sleeping!'
"Is it really necessary?" this was the only question she could ask him even though she did not want to come to office on weekends.
"Usually weekends are free but if necessary you have to come in"
She nodded her head again knowing that she had no choice but to agree.
He told her to get the contract ready for bidding and left. Yi Yao and Luo Zhi were confused as they had never worked late nights nor have they worked on weekends nor were they told about this condition. They hoped it was a precautionary instruction given specifically only to Li Zi Yun.
Zi Yun started her work right away. She looked at the technical situation and development of the company in recent years of the company they were bidding and started preparing the contract.
She left her desk only when it was time for lunch and Meng Sen Xi joined her in the lunch hall to eat.
He laughed, "Li Zi Yun, you look tired within 3 hours of taking the new position."
"No, I am not tired"
"Then do you look worried?"
"I am not worried either just thinking about work"
"Eat properly and then you can think about work" saying so Meng Sen Xi pushed the spoon and chop sticks into her hand.
She had barely eaten a mouth when she got a call from CEO's office inquiring where she was.
She had left her desk only after getting permission to leave for lunch and CEO Wang was also having his lunch and the assistants had also left to have lunch.
She told Assistant Liu Guang that she was having lunch. After a moment she heard CEO Wang Yu's clear voice "Complete the contract before 5pm".
"Huh?" 'He must be joking right?'
CEO Wang Yu spoke again, "Am I clear?"
She muttered, "Yes sir" and the call cut off.
Meng Sen Xi looked at her and said in a sarcastic tone, "Don't tell me our CEO Wang misses you and he couldn't bear parting away from you even for 5 minutes"
"Yes he couldn't, that is why he won't allow me to even eat in peace" she got up disappointed that she has to miss lunch and knowing that she had very less time to complete the work.
Meng Sen Xi stopped her, "in these ten minutes anyway you cannot achieve much, so better have your lunch and then continue your work"
"No have lots to do, I think I have to skip my lunch"
He held her wrist," Eat before you leave"
"Are you concerned about me, Sen Xi?" she looked at him.
"Yes, so eat".
'Ok I can compensate this ten minutes by not taking a break'. She ate her food quickly and left hurriedly.
In CEO's office Assistant Liu Guang asked Wang Yu, "Boss isn't there a months' time before bidding, is it necessary for Secretary LI Zi Yun to complete it today?"
The only reply he got was a stare. He did not wish to share the same space as him any longer.
Li Zi Yun did her work thoroughly as she was afraid of having any slip ups in the first work assigned to her. Though the time given to her was very less she put in her complete effort to get a cent percent result.
Her entire afternoon was filled with calls from various departments and also the CEO made her go up and down to collect the files.
When the clock struck 5 pm she took the contract to the CEO's room. She knocked and entered and found that Assistant Liu Guang was also present.
She placed the document in front of CEO Wang Yu. He went through the pages of the document.
The next moment the papers were flying towards her face and it fell down scattered all over the ground.
Both Assistant Liu Guang and LI Zi Yun were shocked beyond limit. Though Li Zi Yun has been mistreated before she did not expect this reaction on the very first task from her boss, on the other hand Assistant Liu Guang had never seen the boss treat anyone in this manner. Maybe she really was his mortal enemy.
Li Zi Yun stood there stunned not knowing how to react or what to do next.
"You call this a contract? I call this a bunch of trash."
He continued, "Get lost and bring a new one in three hours"
She bent down to collect the papers, but Assistant Liu Guang stopped her and signaled her to leave.
He collected the papers and looked through the documents and there were no errors and the document was fairly well done given the time restriction.
"Boss what is wrong with this?" as far as he knew this was up to standard and he couldn't help but ask the reason. His boss has been reacting differently from the morning ever since he met Li Zi Yun.
He made her do works which were not required immediately and he also set time limits which made it difficult to produce quality work.
"Have you standards also reduced subpar that you can't even recognize the quality of that document?" Assistant Liu Guang had no reply to this question.
He silently took his leave.
Wang Yu was thinking in his mind, this is only the beginning Li Zi Yun, wait and watch how you're going to suffer in the future.
Li Zi Yun went to her desk and started checking the document, she was sure that she must have done some major blunder for the boss to react like this. She read the document fully and still couldn't figure out what was wrong, was the reaction because she did not consider some more information or was her analysis of the company wrong?
She waited impatiently for Assistant Liu Guang to come out. As soon as he came out of the CEO's office she rushed towards him, "Assistant Liu can you tell me what is wrong with the contract? How can I make it better?"
"Miss Zi Yun, I cannot help you on this one. Please take of it yourself". He walked away before Li Zi Yun could stop him.
Assistant Liu Guang had no idea what were CEO Wang's expectations on this one so he thought it was better to steer away from this problem rather than offending the boss. He did not want to anger his boss.
She started analyzing various parameters that may be helpful and corrected the contract again. She was nervous as she entered CEO Wang Yu's room after two hours.
"CEO Wang, here is the contract". Her voice was shivering slightly.
Without looking at her he asked her to bring tea for him and he started looking at the document.
She inquired Yi Yao what tea was preferred by CEO Wang and prepared it. She took it to him hot.
Wang Yu was a bit surprised that that Li Zi Yun was so capable. The document he held in his hand was done very professionally and she had put so much effort into it. Selecting her for this task had more than one use after all.
She entered the room with the hot tea. She served it to him and waited impatiently to know whether the contract was up to par.
He took a sip of tea and threw the content at her. The hot tea fell on her hand and scalded her left hand while the tea cup hit her thighs and fell down shattered to pieces. She felt her skin burning. Pouring hot drinks over her was one of her step mother's favorite pass time. So she did not even flinch when the tea was splashed over her and stood there quietly.
Wang Yu knew how hot the tea was when he tasted it. He saw the tea splashing on her hand, and he was waiting for her to yell and scream about the eldest Miss Li being treated this way but to his disappointment there was no reaction. She stood as if nothing happened. He looked at her hands and it was pink.
"Tea was so cold, prepare tea hotter next time"
"Hotter?" 'If this was not hot then was she supposed to bring it in boiling temperature?'
"Miss Zi Yun did not even flinch when it was splashed, doesn't that mean its cold?"
'Did he ask tea to drink or pour it on her?' She muttered "Yes Sir" and walked away.
"You", hearing the boss speak she turned around. He asked her "Aren't you supposed to clean the mess caused by you?" saying so he pointed at the floor.
'How was this caused by her?' She nodded her head and cleaned it.
As soon as she came out she let running water touch her scalded skin. This was soothing her skin which had turned bright pinkish red now.
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