Chapter 344 - How did Boss Pei Know I Like Those? (1/2)

The intelligent Boss Pei quickly conjured up an entire drama in his head.

Over the weekend, Tang Yishu came to the office to clean up Glabella’s poop as she was meant to. Logically, the office should have been empty; nobody should have been there.

However, Tang Yishu noticed someone sneakily working on something at his desk. She began to feel worried that this person was stealing business secrets.

Although Pei Qian knew for a fact that there were no business secrets worth stealing in the office, Tang Yishu had purely thought that way because she had no working experience. However, this proved that somebody had been sneakily working overtime over the weekend!

Who was it?!

Boss Pei had instructed everybody time and time again that they had to formally apply for permission to work overtime. They could only work overtime if Boss Pei approved it; otherwise, working overtime was strictly prohibited.

They could work overtime from home by editing documents in secret. If they handed it in on Monday, Boss Pei would have no way of finding out. He could turn a blind eye to the entire situation.

However, coming to the office to work overtime without permission was more than Boss Pei could tolerate. He could not let this slide!

After all, hardly anyone could be efficient or productive while working overtime from home. For all Boss Pei knew, they would get distracted by other things after only working for a short while. The amount of harm that could be done was limited.

However, working overtime in the office could improve one’s productivity in many ways. It could also breed a bad culture. The potential harm caused was incomparable to the former.

At first, Pei Qian thought about asking Tang Yishu about this. However, he soon realized that Tang Yishu had only started work a while ago. She probably did not even know many colleagues. It would be difficult for her to identify who it was she had seen over the weekend. “That’s easy. I can just check the platform.” Pei Qian immediately accessed the platform to check the access log for the main door and the upload log for the design file. Only two people accessed the office on Saturday: Tang Yishu and a man from the administrative department.

Four submissions were also made on Saturday, and they were all done by Li Yada.

After some thought, Pei Qian sent a message to Little Zhou from the administrative department and Li Yada, asking them to meet him in his office.

When both of them arrived at the office, they exchanged a look as if realizing something.

They were not even from the same department. They hardly met during work. What else could Boss Pei be summoning them for?

Although both felt slightly apprehensive, they tried to remain calm.

Pei Qian looked at Little Zhou first. “It shows on the records that you worked overtime on Saturday. Did you come to the office to work?”

Little Zhou quickly nodded. “That’s right, Boss Pei. I wasn’t done with some work for the recruitment drive, and so I came to work overtime.”

Pei Qian fell silent. That was a pretty good reason.

Part of the administrative department had been working closely with the HR department to organize the recruitment drive, and Little Zhou had been a part of that group.

Furthermore, the administrative department normally did not have much to do during working hours. Thus, Pei Qian trusted them a bit more. He had never attempted to oversee their working habits and had never requested for them to ask for permission before working overtime.

Pei Qian turned to face Li Yada. “You worked overtime, too?”

Li Yada quickly replied, “I didn’t. I only made minor edits to a few documents while I was at home.”

The upload and editing records for various documents only revealed who edited the documents and when. They did not reveal which computer the edits were made on.

Pei Qian nodded slightly.

Maybe I’m overthinking.

Someone had come into the office on Saturday, but it was only Little Zhou from the administrative department. There was no problem with that. After all, he had not been placed in charge of any huge, profit-generating projects. The upload log could be explained by Li Yada making edits from home. This did not seem like a huge problem either. Pei Qian nodded. “Alright, there’s nothing else. You can go back to work. Remember to take note of your overtime hours so that the finance department can remunerate you accordingly.”

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Both of them heaved a sigh of relief, turned around, and left the office.

Pei Qian went back to watching his shows.

All of a sudden, he realized something else was wrong. There was an obvious gap in his current management model!

What if someone used the access card of someone from the administrative department to enter the office on weekends?

He could not rule out this possibility!

At that thought, Pei Qian sent a message to Tang Yishu. “I’m giving you a task.”

Tang Yishu answered, “Alright, Senior.”

Pei Qian said, “When you come into the office over the weekend, count the number of people in the office. Record the number down and report to me on Monday.”

Tang Yishu asked, “Senior, I can’t remember everyone’s name. Should I ask around?”

Pei Qian answered, “No, no, no! You mustn’t do that. I’m just trying to reward those who work overtime with a small gift. It’s supposed to be a surprise. If you let them know, it would be spoiled.

“You don’t have to remember their names. Just note down any special characteristics. For example, you could write ‘male, short, and skinny’, ‘male, receding hairline’ ‘female, huge-frame spectacles’, or something similar.”

Tang Yishu responded, “Alright, I understand, Senior.”

Once again, Pei Qian asked, “Can you try to describe the person you saw last weekend first?”

Pei Qian did not receive a reply, even after half a minute.

Tang Yishu was struggling on the other side.

She glanced at Bao Xu, who was nonchalantly playing games, and then looked in the direction of Pei Qian’s office.

The situation was getting confusing.

“This big brother with a receding hairline did tell me not to inform Senior that he had worked overtime. Yet, Senior is asking me about it now…”

Tang Yishu felt very conflicted. After a few more seconds of consideration, she finally answered. “Senior, you’re going to reward this person, right? You’re not going to punish him, right?”

Pei Qian said, “That’s right!”

Tang Yishu pondered a bit more and said, “Can I ask him if he wants to be rewarded first?”