Chapter 34 What Else Do You Want Us to Do? (1/2)

“Well,” Liu Shuai felt very awkward, since his question was hard to answer. I thought for a moment and said, ”actually, it's not about feelings. The failure rate of innovation and emerging industries indeed is high. Looking back on the projects of the past, it's true that most of them have failed. From the result, your judgements are mostly correct.”

”But a judgment like this is useless.” The director nodded, then shook his head, “we all know that the failure rate for innovation is very high, so it's not important to make a judge. The important thing is to learn from their experiences and try our best to succeed in the future. That’s why I think Zhou Yuan’s words do make sense.”

”Zhou Yuan never said that. You must have realized that on you own.” I silently said and looked at Liu Shuai. He ignored me. The director's tone softened. Perhaps his anger had melted away, so I didn’t say the words.

”But his personality is not suitable for teamwork,” the director suddenly changed his tone, ”although his words seem to make sense, but that kind of expression would hurt people repeatedly. It's not good for him or for the team.”

I began to worry again. Liu Shuai seemed to have thought the same as me. He could not help but say, ”Lao De, Zhou Yuan was not that kind of man. He used to be friendly. You know that. No matter how other colleagues criticize his work, he was always open to their suggestions and opinions. And he never loses his temper.”

”Yes. I've heard a lot of people say that. The HR director also holds the same opinion.” The director nodded.

It seemed that word had spread of Zhou Yuan’s good character in the company. Even the HR director stood up for him. I knew it’s not easy for Zhou Yuan to get such a good reputation, but at the same time, I couldn't help but wonder why he had done such a foolish thing.

To my surprise, the director continued, ”then what was the matter with him today? Could it be that he got arrogant because he made progress in work? His attitude is totally unacceptable. ”

”No, no, no!” Both of us shook our heads. Liu Shuai hurriedly explained, “it's because he had lost his soul — —”

I immediately gave Liu Shuai a quick bump. How could he say something like that? Liu Shuai reacted and immediately shut his mouth.

”What do you mean he had lost his soul?” The director was curious.

”Well, no soul… I mean,” Liu Shuai responded as he looked at me for help.

My mind worked quickly as I hurriedly said, “he lost his soul because of a girl!”

“A girl?” The director frowned.

”That’s right,” I continued, regardless of Liu Shuai's staring, ”Zhou Yuan was pursuing a girl, and I heard that they were about to get married but then broke up after some quarrels. He has been in a bad mood recently and he’s been working hard to improve his design skills, so—” I felt that I could no longer make things up. Then I looked at Liu Shuai for help.

”Ah — That’s true! Zhou Yuan has read a lot of books about design recently. That’s why he has made great progress. Everyone knows that. He spent less time accompanying his girlfriend, so she broke up with him.” Suddenly, Liu Shuai had an inspiration. Now he made up a story without blinking his eyes, “he is in a bad mood while he sets high standards for himself, so sometimes he would say something regardless of other people's feelings. But he is a good man, isn’t he?”

”Well —” The director covered his mouth and nodded, ”yes, everyone might be arrogant when he is young, and love does affect people a lot. This brat doesn’t share his feelings with people. He should have got it off his chest. ”

The Director was lost in thought as if he’s back in his own romantic age, ”forget it. My performance at noon was not good either. Maybe I scared him. Liu Shuai, call Zhou Yuan. Let’s have a talk together. We should tell him to focus on his work and not take so much pressure.”

I could not help but admire the director's broad mind. Liu Shuai immediately ran out happily.