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“Lin Feng, right? For now, just follow me and learn a few things. Our team is the creative team, and you know what creativity means in an advertising company. So, you could say that being able to join our team as a newcomer is a great opportunity to showcase yourself. Of course, this is only true if you have the talent. You know, it's not the era of everyone sharing the same pot of rice anymore; the company definitely won't keep idle people.” Chen Li always maintains a superior image in front of her new team member Lin Feng, regardless of how she behaves in the office or in her personal life. Since Lin Feng has just arrived, she naturally needs to explain some general situations to him.
Of course, as a superior, Chen Li also followed the usual practice of giving Lin Feng some encouraging words and requirements.
“Yeah, I understand. Thank you for your guidance, Sister Li.” Since Lin Feng has decided to be a junior staff member, he is aware of his role and won’t act pretentiously. Moreover, Chen Li's words are indeed true; if he lacks ability, even Chen Li would have no way to help him.
“No need to thank me. Just work hard in the future, fill your pockets while contributing to our team,” Chen Li said with a satisfied smile upon seeing Lin Feng’s attentive demeanor.
From their first meeting until now, Lin Feng has left a good impression on Chen Li. He inadvertently helped her escape a difficult situation and he looks decent as well. It must be said that women often judge men based on their appearance during those so-called “first impressions.”
As for Lin Feng’s face, well, it’s not bad.
“By the way, this is where you will be working in the future. Let me introduce you to the other members of our team.” While speaking with Lin Feng, Chen Li walked towards the area she mentioned and then addressed him.
“Everyone, please stop what you're doing for a moment. Let me introduce our new member, Lin Feng. Get to know each other and cooperate well in your work,” Chen Li clearly has experience with such introductions; her words flowed smoothly as she clapped her hands and introduced him.
“Hello everyone, I’m Lin Feng. I’m new here and may not understand some things yet, so please bear with me. It’s nice to meet you all,” Lin Feng said with a calm smile on his face.
As a newcomer, Lin Feng doesn’t mind greeting everyone like this; it’s not about pride but rather just some polite words from a newcomer. After all, can a rookie act like a boss and try to establish dominance?
In fact, even if he were just a junior staff member here or at Wolf Gang, aside from establishing his presence among these experienced individuals during their first meeting, he really doesn’t like asserting dominance. It’s not that he lacks authority; rather, he believes that authority should be built over time rather than established through forceful means at the beginning. Such authority only instills fear and fails to earn respect; what Lin Feng wants is genuine respect.
“Haha... Brother Lin is quite talented and articulate! Nice to meet you! I’m Zhao Gang, just an ordinary guy trying to make a living here. This is my wife, Liu Hong. I feel embarrassed; I’m just someone who takes advantage of easy opportunities,” one man who looks nearly forty years old and is somewhat unremarkable smiled as he extended his hand towards Lin Feng.
This guy has a bit of humor. That’s how Lin Feng perceives Zhao Gang.
"Ha ha... Hello, Brother Zhao, hello, Sister-in-law." Since they greeted him with smiles, Lin Feng naturally returned the gesture with a smile as well, greeting Zhao Gang and Liu Hong.
From Zhao Gang's earlier words, Lin Feng could tell that Liu Hong was likely someone from Chen Li's group in the past, who developed feelings for Zhao Gang over time and ended up together.
Zhao Gang is quite an ordinary person, and Liu Hong is also an unremarkable woman. The union of these two ordinary individuals may not be spectacular, but they are well-matched in their own way, and they certainly have their own highlights.
Life doesn't have to be grand to be exciting; more often than not, it's the simple and mundane that holds true significance.
Of course, this sentiment doesn't apply to Lin Feng, who is a reincarnated individual, as his presence in this timeline is anything but ordinary.
Well, although Lin Feng is not an ordinary person, he still believes that there can be touching moments in the lives of ordinary people. Therefore, he doesn't think there's anything wrong with being ordinary.
Whether life is exciting or not depends solely on you; outsiders cannot interfere.
Zhao Gang and Liu Hong, this ordinary couple, nodded in agreement with Lin Feng's words.
"Brother Zhao has been with our group for a long time. He was already here before I joined. Come, let me introduce you to this beautiful lady beside me, also a flower of our group—Liu Yan. It's quite a fairy-like name." Chen Li didn't find it strange that there was a friendly relationship between Lin Feng, Zhao Gang, and Liu Hong. In her view, neither party had a combative nature, so it was not surprising they got along well. However, as the group leader, she couldn't neglect another important member of the group—Liu Yan. This girl had just joined the company and stepped out of campus life. Chen Li had a good impression of her; however, Liu Yan was somewhat shy when it came to creative matters and especially around someone like Lin Feng, who was nearly her age.
"Oh, hello! Nice to meet you." Lin Feng had actually noticed Liu Yan earlier. When Chen Li introduced her just now and he saw the blush on her face, he guessed she wasn't very good at socializing. So for their first meeting, Lin Feng chose a standard yet friendly way to greet her.
For girls like this one, if you come on too strong right from the start, it might put pressure on them. If you've already created pressure and expect them to accept you as a colleague, that could be quite difficult.
Sure enough, Liu Yan appreciated Lin Feng's sunny smile and his casual yet approachable greeting. At least it made her feel comfortable. She sweetly smiled back at Lin Feng and said, "Welcome to this big family! I'm also new here."
"Oh, looks like we're the youngest ones here." Seeing Liu Yan's smile made Lin Feng realize that although she was a bit shy, she wasn't withdrawn either. He casually made a light-hearted comment that wasn't really a joke.
"Ha ha... Yes, so from now on, you need to understand the importance of respecting the elderly and caring for the young, got it? Lin Feng, in short, from now on, the chores like fetching water and serving tea will be your responsibility." Chen Li felt a sense of ease seeing her team in good spirits. Although Zhu Jie had ulterior motives, Chen Li still felt a strong sense of belonging to this Creative Team. This was a different matter altogether; she knew that as long as Zhu Jie was happy, he had the ability to disrupt her harmonious Creative Team.
"No problem, if anyone needs anything in the future, just let me know. I'll be there without complaint," Lin Feng naturally understood that Chen Li was joking and responded accordingly.
That being said, if Lin Feng were actually tasked with fetching water and serving tea repeatedly, he would soon become unwilling after a couple of times.
But this was just small talk; during their first meeting, everyone present, including Liu Yan, should know what to remember and what not to remember. After all, harmony is about mutual consideration rather than endless demands from one side.
"Well, now that we've made introductions, my task is complete. Zhao Gang, I leave Lin Feng in your hands. Please help him get familiar with our team's operations as soon as possible." After some casual conversation, it was time to get to work. Chen Li had quite a bit of work to do herself, so she clapped her hands and addressed everyone.
"Alright, I'll take care of Lin Feng. You can count on me," Zhao Gang wasn't surprised that Chen Li asked him to mentor Lin Feng, as he had the most experience among those present.
"Okay then, let's get to work. We'll have dinner together tonight as a welcome for Lin Feng." After saying this, Chen Li walked into her office; as the team leader, she had her own private workspace.
"Dinner? Zhao Ge, what does that mean?" Lin Feng was pleased with the friendly atmosphere of the team and felt no sense of rejection towards anyone there. Hearing Chen Li mention dinner, he turned to ask Zhao Gang.
"Ha ha... It's nothing special; it's an old tradition. Whenever something good or significant happens in the team, we gather for a meal. Since it's just us few, it won't be dull or noisy. Plus, we usually go to some affordable places. Don't worry; you won't go hungry tonight; just bring your appetite," Zhao Gang thought that perhaps Lin Feng was concerned about expenses since he had just started working and reassured him by patting his shoulder.
After hearing this from Zhao Gang, Lin Feng realized that there had been a misunderstanding about his question. However, he decided not to clarify it at that moment and simply accepted it. Overall, he was quite satisfied with this creative team; the people were nice and considerate, making it a good place to work.
Next, Zhao Gang briefly explained some operational methods that were new to Lin Feng. In simple terms, their job involved coming up with creative ideas for advertisements. Sometimes they also needed to discuss these ideas with clients; once the creativity was approved by clients, they could proceed with filming. However, filming advertisements wasn't part of their responsibilities; although often someone from the team would be present during shoots.
It dawned on Lin Feng that he had inadvertently landed a job focused on generating creative ideas.
As for creativity itself, while Lin Feng might have been reluctant to think of ideas before or perhaps lacked them entirely, he couldn't deny that he had been reborn. Although he didn't watch television every day in his previous life, due to the repetitive nature of commercials on TV back then, it was hard for him to forget those familiar ads. Therefore, upon learning about his job responsibilities, he felt a surge of excitement inside. He looked forward even more to the promise of "making it big within a month so I wouldn't want to leave the company." He truly believed that with these so-called "creative ideas," he could make a name for himself in the advertising industry. It could be said that avoiding fame would indeed be challenging.
In this group, aside from overseeing everything, Chen Li's main responsibility is to negotiate with clients. As for the others, Liu Hong is responsible for taking notes, essentially acting as Chen Li's secretary, while Zhao Gang and Liu Yan are in charge of brainstorming ideas.
Of course, these roles are not set in stone; Liu Hong can also participate in the creative process. In short, everything is adaptable.
So, during the following afternoon, Lin Feng stayed close to Zhao Gang, assisting and learning at the same time. Lin Feng picked things up quickly; by the end of the afternoon, he had a good understanding. If asked to work independently now, it wouldn't be too difficult for him.
Creativity is not something Zhao Gang can teach Lin Feng directly, so he focused on teaching him how to use design software. Lin Feng is naturally bright, and not only did he grasp what Zhao Gang taught him, but he also applied it in new ways. By the end of the day, Zhao Gang thought Lin Feng must have encountered these tools before in school.
"Lin Feng, you're picking this up pretty fast; you seem well-suited for this line of work," Zhao Gang praised as they neared the end of the workday.
"Hehe... it's all thanks to Zhao Ge's great teaching," Lin Feng replied modestly. In reality, without Zhao Gang's thorough guidance, no matter how quickly Lin Feng learned, he wouldn't have progressed so fast. Once a certain level of understanding is reached, having a teacher makes a significant difference.
"Alright, let's wrap things up; it's almost time to go," Zhao Gang said while stretching.
"Zhao Ge, you're still so punctual! Let's head out—five people in two cars, same old place." At that moment, Chen Li walked out of the office. She rubbed her eyes and stretched as well, giving Lin Feng another glimpse of her charm.
That charm had a unique allure.
"Same old place? Where is that?" Lin Feng naturally didn't know where the old place was and asked.
"Hehe... Lin Feng, just follow Sister Li. This will be my second time going there too," Liu Yan said to Lin Feng. After spending an afternoon together, they had exchanged some words and no longer felt the initial shyness and awkwardness.
Of course, if there was any shyness involved, it was mainly Liu Yan's; Lin Feng had never been one to feel shy.
"Alright, Sister Li, I'll leave myself in your hands," Lin Feng said jokingly to Chen Li as he felt a sense of belonging with everyone being so friendly.
"Haha... Little chicken, you're not interested, Sister Li." Seeing Lin Feng joking, Chen Li also joked back, but her humor was a bit more explicit, which indeed surprised Lin Feng.
He realized that he still couldn't see through women who mingled in society.
In his previous life, Lin Feng had seen all kinds of women in bars, and he had encountered those who made even more explicit jokes. However, that was in the bar environment, so Lin Feng subconsciously thought that such women could only be found in bars. He never expected to encounter them in a white-collar office building.
After being reborn, the women Lin Feng interacted with were either girls from ivory towers or wealthy heiresses. In short, he hadn't ventured much into society after his rebirth, and he truly felt a bit out of touch with the ways of the world.
However, the surprise on Lin Feng's face quickly faded. It was just a joke after all. Once he got used to it, he wasn't surprised anymore.
"Get in the car, you two little ones." Although everyone appeared nonchalant, Chen Li, having been in the workplace for many years, could naturally see the fleeting change in Lin Feng's expression and recognized his surprise. So she stopped making such jokes and returned to normalcy, opening the car door for Lin Feng and Liu Yan.
As a man, Lin Feng naturally wouldn't compete with Liu Yan for a seat. Although he got into the car first, he chose to sit in the back seat and left the front passenger seat for Liu Yan, as sitting up front was generally more comfortable. However, he didn't expect that Liu Yan would also join him in the back seat.
What a wonderful girl; so understanding. Lin Feng couldn't help but think to himself.
As for Zhao Gang and his wife, they naturally drove separately.
The couple had been working for some years and had the ability to jointly take out a loan to buy an Aotu.
Thus, with Chen Li in front and Zhao Gang behind, the group set off in two cars towards the "old place" mentioned by Chen Li and Zhao Gang.
When they arrived, Lin Feng realized that the so-called old place was actually a KTV. Of course, he couldn't deny that singing a few songs at KTV with newly acquainted friends and having a few beers could indeed quickly establish friendships.
Seeing this place made Lin Feng acknowledge that such venues were quite suitable for their group of young white-collar workers.
Lin Feng did not forget that he was also a little White-collar worker.
As everyone took their seats, Chen Li was the first to order food. They had just gotten off work and decided to eat something first. This was a casual little group, and since no one had had dinner yet, there was no need to adhere to those so-called awkward rules about eating at the table. They filled their stomachs first.
They ordered seven or eight dishes, with each person getting a bottle of juice, and then they dug in.
No need for toasts, no need to stand up, no need for pretenses; everyone was equal in status, enjoying food and drinks together.
That feeling was indeed quite refreshing, and Lin Feng gradually accepted and began to enjoy this relaxed way of socializing.
"Hehe... Lin Feng, this is our old spot. The food isn't expensive, and it's quiet here. Once we finish this round, we can start drinking and singing again. Are you getting used to it?" Chen Li explained while eating, considering that Lin Feng was new.
"Hehe... it's great. No need to drink on an empty stomach; that way, we'll have the energy to have fun later," Lin Feng said sincerely. Well, after being reborn, no one could make Lin Feng drink on an empty stomach. However, in his previous life, he had seen many people who couldn't drink anymore but still accompanied their bosses for drinks, regardless of gender. So Lin Feng meant what he said.
"Good, as long as you're comfortable. There will be more opportunities in the future. Enjoy your meal and have fun later," Zhao Gang said while eating heartily. The food tasted good, and since Chen Li ordered dishes everyone liked and they were all familiar with each other, Zhao Gang didn't have many qualms.
It was Liu Hong, though, who noticed that Zhao Gang had food on his face from eating so eagerly. She quickly grabbed a napkin to help wipe his mouth while complaining about it. But anyone could see the unspoken affection in Liu Hong's eyes for Zhao Gang.
However, aside from Lin Feng, everyone had gotten used to it; Liu Hong and Zhao Gang were considered the model couple in the group, even though they were the only married ones there.
After eating and drinking enough, they called over the waiter to clear away the leftovers and set a new tablecloth. Then Lin Feng and the others started playing again.
Having just eaten their fill without ordering any side dishes, Chen Li ordered some drinks and beer. There wasn't much beer—just enough for fun—because no one here intended to get anyone drunk. Everyone drank according to their own limits without any pressure.
Everything was just for enjoyment.
With the microphone on, Chen Li, as the team leader, naturally had to say a few words first. Today's theme was to welcome Lin Feng, who was also the main character. Chen Li didn't have much formal speech to give; there was no need for that here. However, Lin Feng could still feel the encouragement and care in Chen Li's words. In just one afternoon, Lin Feng had already grown fond of this little family.
Here, there were no schemes or deceit, only mutual support. Even an occasional tease could evoke warmth, which was something Lin Feng had never expected.
As a result, Lin Feng let loose and sang a few songs. Chen Li and the others were not to be outdone and picked a few songs as well. Everyone sang well, and the atmosphere was fantastic.
What surprised Lin Feng was that Liu Yan, who he thought would only focus on creating with low emotional intelligence, could actually sing beautifully. Her voice was soft and magnetic, perfectly matching her personality.
After a bottle of beer, Liu Hong and Liu Yan switched to drinks, showing they both knew their limits.
Lin Feng felt indifferent about it; if the environment allowed it, he would have wanted to drink stronger liquor in such a joyful mood. He had already downed two bottles of beer.
Of course, when he said "downed," it meant he simply drank from the bottle without trying to show off by chugging it all.
Now drinking, Lin Feng felt not a sense of bravado but rather a wave of relaxation.
"Is this what a comfortable life feels like?" Lin Feng asked himself.
"However, I like this kind of life," he added silently in his mind.
"Come on, Lin Feng, Sister Li raises a glass to you as a thank you," Chen Li said as she approached him with a beer in hand, noticing that Lin Feng could hold his liquor well.
"Sister Li, why are you suddenly thanking me?" Lin Feng asked in confusion.
"Hehe... it's nothing. Sister Li is just happy. I’ll drink; you do as you please," Chen Li smiled and said without elaborating further. She then finished off half the bottle of beer before heading off to choose more songs.
Lin Feng had no idea that Chen Li was thanking him for accidentally stumbling into Zhu Jie's office at noon, sparing her from facing Zhu Jie's nauseating face.
"Oh, as long as you're happy, Sister Li, I'll drink this bottle with you." The wine in Lin Feng's hand was just opened, and seeing Chen Li's boldness, he couldn't hold back either and took a drink.
"Hehe... Lin Feng, just take it easy, don't rush," Zhao Gang said with a smile as he noticed Lin Feng drinking like that.
"It's fine, Zhao Ge. I'm also happy inside; I know my limits," Lin Feng replied, understanding the concern in Zhao Gang's words.
"Yeah, as long as you know your limits. By the way, Lin Feng, you and Liu Yan are the same age. How about a duet?" Zhao Gang suggested, seeing that Lin Feng was still sober.
Of course, Zhao Gang's suggestion could be seen as a bit of teasing in a certain sense.
"Right, right! Lin Feng, do a duet with Liu Yan; let's have a love song!" Chen Li chimed in, joining in on the teasing encouraged by Zhao Gang.
Lin Feng wasn't sure if he was blushing, but he knew that Liu Yan sitting next to him immediately turned red.
Then, under Chen Li's urging, Liu Yan reluctantly agreed to sing a song with Lin Feng, and they began their duet.
However, the pleasant atmosphere was suddenly disrupted by the unexpected entrance of a drunkard.
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