My identity is becoming increasingly outrageous.

Chapter 34 Chen Bowen speaks the truth after drinking milk tea

Just as he was thinking this, Wang Hong was suddenly grabbed from behind and had his throat choked.

He knew it was Chen Bowen without even looking.

This guy always likes to make jokes like this with him.

"You're eating already?" Chen Bowen opened a cup of lemon tea with a straw as soon as he sat down and gulped it down in a few big mouthfuls.

It takes about 15 minutes to walk from his house, and the weather makes him sweat profusely.

A glass of iced lemon tea is indeed very thirst-quenching.

He only started eating the sundae that Wang Hong had bought for him after finishing his drink.

Now that Wang Hong has found a job, he naturally won't be polite when Wang Hong treats him to a meal.

In fact, Chen Bowen has only received his salary once since he started working, and he doesn't have much money on hand. However, he has been working part-time since college and has saved up some money.

After all, he's good-looking and eloquent, so he could easily find a job.

Wang Hong, on the other hand, was rejected every time he tried to find a part-time job because of his appearance.

Those who hire students for part-time jobs are basically after cheap labor.

Many shops are unwilling to hire someone like Wang Hong, who is clearly not very efficient.

After all, there are simply too many cheap college graduates available as labor in the market right now.

Therefore, Chen Bowen often treated Wang Hong to food and drinks since college.

Now that Wang Hong has a job, Chen Bowen naturally won't be polite.

The two of them immediately started eating and drinking, since ice cream melts easily.

They started chatting after they both started drinking their second cup of lemon tea.

Wang Hong: "We just had lunch together, what do you want to do with me again tonight?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Bowen patted his nascent beer belly and said, "I don't want to go to drinking parties anymore, but I've developed a habit of going out at night. It just feels weird if I don't go out for a drink."

Wang Hong also found it a bit strange: "Aren't your salaries low? Why are there always drinking parties? Who pays?"

"Well... it's like we take turns paying. There are quite a few people in our department, and recently we've been having a drinking party every other day. Each person pays once, and we can drink for half a month." Chen Bowen's expression seemed a little uncomfortable.

"What about the remaining two weeks?"

"Let's have another round, or sometimes people from other departments will pay the bill." Chen Bowen clearly looked down on this kind of thing.

My monthly salary is only a few thousand yuan, but a single purchase can cost hundreds or thousands.

After two such incidents, half a month's salary was gone.

He had no idea how those long-term employees had managed to persevere.

Even full-time employees only earn a little over 8,000 yuan a month, and it's unbelievable that they spend nearly 2,000 yuan a month on drinking parties within the department.

Their company can't compare to Wang Hong's; it's a company with very little profit.

They make money entirely by charging management fees for dispatched employees. Of course, they have a large number of employees under them, so the monthly fees are quite substantial.

However, these profits are concentrated in the company's top management.

For entry-level employees, their only income is their quarterly bonus and year-end bonus.

For someone like Chen Bowen who is single, spending a portion of his salary on such consumption is barely manageable.

But he wasn't quite sure how those veteran employees had managed to do it.

"Then you can't not participate?" Wang Hong felt disgusted from the bottom of his heart when he heard about this kind of arrangement.

"I don't want to either, but our minister is threatening me with the prospect of becoming a full-time employee..." Chen Bowen showed a troubled expression in front of Wang Hong for the first time.

Wang Hong was speechless upon hearing this; he couldn't believe such a thing existed.

Chen Bowen had been with the company for so long, but this was the first time he had talked to Wang Hong about this.

Everything I've said before has been positive.

Wang Hong couldn't help but think: It seems that every company has its own advantages and disadvantages!

To put it bluntly, there are always situations where you are not in control of your own destiny.

"I'm not going to say anything more. Anyway, I don't have to go out for business dinners tonight, so I'll just take a break." Chen Bowen said, downing another half cup of lemon tea in one gulp.

Wang Hong also drank half a cup with him.

In the blink of an eye, the two had already finished three cups of lemon tea, one and a half cups each.

"If there's anything you need my help with, just let me know," Wang Hong said to Chen Bowen.

"Help? We don't even work for the same company, how can you help me?" Chen Bowen asked doubtfully.

"I'll figure something out." Wang Hong didn't want to say that he was capable of doing something.

"Have you figured out a way to deal with that difficult client of yours?" Chen Bowen asked rhetorically.

"No, but I can ignore this client for now. After all, our company has a lot of clients!" Wang Hong's words made Chen Bowen envious and jealous.

From this perspective, Wang Hong can indeed solve problems easily; when he encounters something difficult, he simply avoids it.

But Chen Bowen is different; this is an obstacle he must overcome if he wants to become a full-fledged employee!

In his company, the minister's opinion is very important for getting a permanent position; it accounts for at least 70% of the decision.

To put it bluntly, the decision of whether a new employee becomes a permanent member is now almost entirely made by the department head.

After all, those who can sit in the ministerial position are people with certain abilities or connections, so it is normal for them to have this kind of power.

"Damn it, I didn't expect that after all this time, I'd be in more trouble!" Chen Bowen couldn't help but complain.

"Maybe I should just go along with him. Anyway, I'll be officially hired in a little over a month," Chen Bowen said with a helpless expression.

Upon hearing this, Wang Hong immediately said, "That's not necessarily true. Given his style, he might make you pay a price in the end."

Chen Bowen's expression changed upon hearing this: "It can't be that serious. This is a large, reputable company. Would they resort to such underhanded tactics? When I was working part-time before, my colleagues were all very nice to me."

He had never encountered anything like this when he worked part-time at the school before.

On the contrary, the colleagues I met at the part-time job were all quite nice.

Wang Hong clearly knew what he was thinking: "Is it possible that when you were doing part-time work, those colleagues had basically no vested interest in you?"

"In this company, within the same department, you are now a potential threat who will have to compete with the department head in the future."

"It's not impossible for us to suppress you while you're still a newcomer and then make some profit from it."

Wang Hong's words made Chen Bowen increasingly alarmed.

Then it suddenly dawned on me: "Wait a minute, how come you suddenly know so much? You've only been working for two days!"

Wang Hong, whom Chen Bowen knew before, didn't understand these things.

Or rather, I understand some of it, but I can't articulate it as clearly as I can now.

"Just because I've never worked doesn't mean I don't know anything about the workplace. When I'm at home, my dad often talks to me about things related to the workplace."

"And haven't these all been shown on TV?"

"Although I've never had a job, I've seen quite a lot," Wang Hong explained.