Chapter 48: The Water of Canglang

Chapter 48: The Water of Canglang

Chapter 48: The Water of Canglang
"Do you want to be promoted again in the future?"

To be honest, Wang Zixu really wanted to answer: No.

If it were 5 years ago, he would have regarded job promotion as his main job in life; if it were 3 years ago, he would have believed that it was the only way out in his life.

But at this point in time, he just felt it was troublesome.

There is an extremely complicated process for promotion in the civil service sector, but each promotion will increase your salary by about 20%, and there is also an opportunity to be promoted to a leadership position.

The most stringent condition for promotion is to get an "excellent" grade in an assessment within two years.

So far, Wang Zixu has never received an "excellent" grade. It's not because he doesn't work hard.

In fact, in his early years, the underlying tone of his life was still struggle. Like everyone else, he longed for promotion. He worked hard and tried to please his colleagues, hoping to get an "excellent" grade in the assessment and change his life.

After he worked hard for a year, he suddenly realized that in order to get an "excellent" grade in the evaluation, in principle he needed to work seriously, have a good work style, strong thoughts, and strong abilities... In terms of specific operations, he also needed the leader's approval.

The reason is that the number of "excellent" positions allocated to the unit each year is limited. If someone is excellent, there must be someone who is not. Who will be excellent requires everyone to have a unified mind.

Before the annual appraisal, the leaders would talk to the comrades one by one. In fact, it was to clear their minds.

For those who work hard, the leaders will focus on their work, let them wait, and let those with more seniority take over first;

For those with particularly long experience, leaders will also focus on their work. After all, they are old and it is enough for them to get a promotion before retirement. Let's give the opportunities to young people.

The work of appraisal is a great test of the political wisdom and action courage of a unit leader. It is impossible for a unit to be completely performance-based, nor is it possible to be solely based on qualifications, education, and talent. All conditions must be considered comprehensively. In particular, it is necessary to consider that the comrades should not be discouraged because of a single appraisal.

In their unit, the "excellent" grade is allocated according to need rather than work. Every young comrade who is eligible for promotion will be awarded the excellent grade once. Once you have won it, you cannot win it again. It takes turns. If you are excellent this year, he will be excellent next year. Otherwise, people will not be united, and it will be difficult to lead the team and carry out the work.

When Wang Zixu first came to the company, there were three older colleagues in front of him, and each of them had their own reasons for having to get the "excellent" grade in advance.

The leader approached Wang Zixu to do some work, saying that although you graduated from a prestigious university, you are diligent and work hard, but you still have to give opportunities to old comrades. Think about it, if you are old and still have the opportunity to leap forward, don’t you also hope that others will push you from behind? Put yourself in their shoes, don’t you have to be considerate of each other?
Wang Zixu agreed. The leader said, I promise, after these three comrades have received the honor of being excellent, you will be the first one to receive the honor.

Wang Zixu waited for three years, and after the last old comrade left, the leader also left, and a new leader came, Director Gou. Director Gou refused to honor the promises made by the previous leader.

Director Gou has his own logic for ranking. According to his logic, Wang Zixu will have to wait another three years. After another three years, a new batch of young comrades joined the unit. Director Gou said that they still had to start a new ranking.

Wang Zixu has seen through the truth of life and the hypocrisy of human beings. He has long since given up on this. What's the point of telling him this now? My Qing Dynasty is gone.

Zhang Cangnian was unaware of his inner thoughts and thought he had a sure win, so he kindly reminded him:
"In principle, considering your qualifications, education, and work experience, you should have received an excellent award this year. However, you also need to consider the special circumstances this year. The new document issued this year requires that we should focus on promoting and training young comrades. Our evaluation logic may change."

Wang Zixu looked at him and said, "When I first came to the unit eight years ago, I was also young. When I was young, I was asked to give way to the old comrades. Now that I am old, I have started to train young comrades again."

Zhang Cangnian said with a joking face, "That can't be helped. Sometimes things are just like that. When I was in the first year of high school, the principal said that the first-year students should do the general cleaning. When I was in the second year of high school, the principal said that the first-year students did the general cleaning last year, so this year the second-year students should do it." After that, he said solemnly, "Just joking. You should pay more attention. You don't want to be evaluated for excellence, and you are aloof, but in the eyes of others, they still think you are incompetent and have made some big mistakes. When those young comrades go up in the future, will you also learn from me and walk around with a teacup?"

The prince smiled and said, "There's nothing wrong with learning from you. It's so relaxing and carefree."

Zhang Cangnian said, "Look at Xiaoyao, you will know in the future how hard it is to be yelled at by a bunch of youngsters."

Wang Zixu was a little depressed. He asked, "How many people are eligible for the award this year?"

Zhang Cangnian said, "That depends on what the leaders think. But in my opinion, there are actually two people with the greatest hope this year, one is you, and the other is Xiao Diao."

Xiao Diao's name is Diao Yiwen, and she came in at the same time as Guo Ranran. They are in two offices across from Wang Zixu, and they rarely interact with each other.

Hearing this name, Wang Zixu said, "Diao Yiwen came last year, right? Why would it be her?"

Zhang Cangnian said: "She has not been in the company for long, but firstly, she graduated from Hexi University, which is also a famous university; secondly, she has work experience outside and is relatively old; thirdly, the current trend is that the evaluation of excellence should not only be based on ability, but also on academic ability and hard indicators such as article publication. And it just so happens that she has published articles."

Wang Zixu was surprised: "What has she published? Where?"

Zhang Cangnian said: "Xihe Literature and Art."

When Wang Zixu heard about this magazine, he couldn't hold back any longer. He said, "Our unit is not a research institution. It's ridiculous to judge quality by publishing articles, let alone publishing in a literary magazine."

Zhang Cangnian spread his hands and said, "What can we do? Officials have two mouths. How can we set the standard? Isn't it just a word from the leader?"

Wang Zixu shook his head and stood up to pour water: "I am too lazy to care about this matter. If the leader wants to give it to Xiao Diao, then give it to her."

Zhang Cangnian's expression changed slightly: "Really? Do you really think so?"

"Yeah. There's nothing else to think about."

"Then you should think about it carefully again." Zhang Cangnian said, "Xiao Wang, sometimes it's not you who should fight for your own interests. If you don't fight for them, others will think you are incompetent. You have delayed this year's evaluation, and you will miss the promotion next year. If you do this, your life will be wasted. When you are older, if you are still sitting here and messing around, others will think you are shameless."

Wang Zixu said: "Face is given by oneself, not by others."

The water of Canglang is clear, so I can wash my hat with it; the water of Canglang is turbid, so I can wash my feet with it. Whether the water is clear or turbid, people can live by their own heart, but they cannot help but use the water of Canglang. But Wang Zixu felt that since he could see the Yangtze River, he did not need to be confined to Canglang.

Give it to others.

As he walked out the door, Zhang Cangnian ran over again and whispered, "You have such a good relationship with Lin Feng, why don't you say hello to him. Xiao Diao can publish an article in Xihe Literature and Art, so you can do it too."

(End of this chapter)