Jobs like shoe polishing were still very common in Shanghai in the 1990s, but now this profession is completely invisible in the bustling streets of Shanghai. You may encounter one or two shoe polishers sporadically in some small alleys.

Old man, he no longer shines shoes for work, but more to kill time.

But today is different. A group of strange people appeared in several small alleys near Raffles City.

These people may be in pairs or alone, wearing suits and leather shoes like insurance salesmen. However, they are carrying a small stool in one hand and a few clean towels in the other hand, and they also have a pair of old men with fierce eyes.

It spins on the feet of passers-by.

Soon these people attracted the attention of enthusiastic people nearby. One of them, an aunt who had just come out of a convenience store, took the initiative to approach Chen Jian, who was just about to open a stall at the intersection.

After the aunt asked Chen Jian thoroughly, she finally believed that the handsome man in front of her was actually a shoe polisher. What surprised her even more was that this man was a "skilled" shoe polisher who actually wanted to polish a pair of leather shoes for one hundred yuan.

The aunt took three steps and turned back as if she were guarding against a lunatic. Soon everyone nearby knew that a few lunatic shoe polishers had arrived. The other applicants were implicated by Chen Jian, and somehow they were always attracted by some uncles and aunts.

They pointed.

Just when these candidates were still worrying about how to complete the test, they never imagined that Zhang Wei was still behind their backs.

"Xie Pan, have your people set off?"

In Youmai's business car, Zhang Wei opened the window and smoked, and casually asked Xie Pan, who was sitting in the passenger seat.

"They are all out. I have asked them to deliberately make things difficult for those applicants as you requested. But aren't you worried that they will start a fight?"

"There's nothing to worry about. In Shanghai, I've seen a lot of quarrels, but I've never seen anyone fight. Besides, sales people just rely on one mouth to make a living. If something happens, they will

Those who only know how to solve problems by hand are not worthy of being sold."

Xie Pan snorted disdainfully. She had heard about Zhang Wei's incident. She often slapped people in the face, and the person who was slapped was a relative of the big boss Chen Kang.

Of course, Zhang Wei didn't know what Xie Pan was thinking. At this time, he was still perfecting tomorrow's test project in his mind.

"Manager Zhang, your big client has to reimburse me for the cost of this dinner tonight."

"Huh?" Zhang Wei came back to his senses and looked at Xie Pan: "What were you talking about just now?"

"Are you trying to cheat?" Xie Pan said angrily.

Today, according to Zhang Wei's request, she found a few friends from local customers in Shanghai to help. For this reason, she booked a dinner table at Raffles City as a thank you to these friends. When she saw Zhang Wei, she was not satisfied with the expense.

She didn't mention anything about the expenses and pretended not to hear clearly, which made her very dissatisfied.

In addition, in order to cooperate with Zhang Wei, she hid outside to blow the cold wind until the applicants left, and did not even have time to buy a cup of hot milk tea.

"I don't care, your key account department must pay for tonight's expenses, otherwise I will call someone to go back right now..."

Zhang Wei was definitely not someone who would skip a meal, not to mention that he was not responsible for the expense. It was all the company's money. So after understanding Xie Pan's thoughts, he not only happily agreed to reimburse the dinner

He also generously suggested that Xie Pan go singing, clubbing, etc. after dinner. Of course, all the expenses would be charged to the big account department.

After Xie Pan achieved his goal, he left Zhang Wei and went to Starbucks to drink coffee alone.

After Zhang Wei smoked another cigarette, he closed the car window and drove out of the parking lot. He wanted to see with his own eyes how the applicants were doing.

The six applicants may have reached some kind of consensus. The six people did not get together. Zhang Wei drove around in the neighborhood and only found three applicants. One of them was immersed in polishing the guests' shoes.

, but the guest pointed at the applicant from time to time, obviously not satisfied with his shoe shine service, while the applicant squatted on the ground holding the guest's feet and polished the shoes seriously, without any intention of talking to the guest.

The meaning of argument.

Zhang Wei slowed down the car as he passed by, took out his mobile phone and took a photo of the scene. He was looking forward to the candidate standing on the podium at the Youmai annual meeting in the future. When he saw this photo, he believed that he

You will definitely be moved to tears by yourself.

As soon as the idea came together, Zhang Wei's imagination immediately opened up. He was going to collect more materials, record the performance of each applicant, and make it into a beautiful PPT in the future.

After driving around and around Raffles City, Zhang Wei saw four applicants in total, but he couldn't find two of them. Seeing that it was less than an hour before five o'clock, Zhang Wei decided to go back.

Waiting in the parking lot.

He was worried that the two applicants he had not found would return to the parking lot early but could not find him, thus causing unnecessary misunderstandings.

When Zhang Wei returned to his original position in the parking lot, there was indeed an applicant waiting there. This person Zhang Wei was familiar with was Guo Pengfei.

Zhang Wei parked the car and opened the door and called Guo Pengfei up. Seeing that Guo Pengfei was empty-handed, he asked doubtfully: "Where is your shoe polishing tool? Has it been taken away by someone from the city?"

This is not Zhang Wei's random guess. When he was "patrolling the streets" just now, he saw an applicant named Ma Feng being surrounded by city staff. If he hadn't come forward to prove that the shoe polishing company was

According to the test items arranged, Ma Feng is expected to have his "criminal tools" confiscated.

Of course, it was necessary to be educated, but the other party also enthusiastically informed Ma Feng that street stalls were not allowed in those areas, and Ma Feng also took the initiative to change places.

At this moment, Zhang Wei saw that Guo Pengfei had no shoe polishing tool, and he naturally thought of this situation.

"Manager Zhang, you think too little of me." Guo Pengfei smiled and took out a hundred yuan bill and handed it to Zhang Wei: "If I guessed correctly, I should be the first one to pass the assessment today.

Human?"

Zhang Wei took the banknote suspiciously: "Can you explain how you did it?"

Guo Pengfei pointed to his head and said proudly: "Of course it is through my intelligence. Small things like shoe polishing can be easily completed."

"I don't think this test will be as easy as you said."

Zhang Wei didn't believe it. He tried it himself on the weekend. It was already very difficult to convince passers-by to shine shoes. If the price was higher than ten yuan, basically no one would be willing to let him shine shoes, so he changed the task goal from the original one.

The two hundred yuan was changed to one hundred yuan. According to his estimate, at least half of the people would not be able to complete the task, and it was not impossible that the entire army would even be annihilated.

Seeing that Zhang Wei didn't believe it, Guo Pengfei proudly told how he earned the one hundred yuan.

After listening, Zhang Wei had to admire Guo Pengfei's flexibility in thinking. What Guo Pengfei did was something he would never have thought of.

It turns out that after accepting the task, Guo Pengfei did not immediately choose an area to set up a street stall like other applicants. Instead, after some thinking, he took the subway directly to his usual foot washing shop, and then used the low excuse of experiencing life to get the boss.

Finally, all the waiters in the store were helping him promote business. Of course, the one hundred yuan task was quickly completed.

As for the shoe polishing tools, Guo Pengfei didn't bother to bring them back and just left them in the foot washing shop for whoever wanted them.

After telling what happened, Guo Pengfei said to Zhang Wei with a smile: "Manager Zhang, I polished the shoes with my own hands. I also asked someone to take a video as evidence. If you suspect that I am committing fraud, I can show you the video."

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After saying that, Guo Pengfei immediately took out his mobile phone and played the recorded video. Zhang Wei did not stop him, but took his mobile phone and looked at it carefully. This was not because Zhang Wei did not trust Guo Pengfei, but that he wanted to make sure

Only then can Guo Pengfei’s experience be used to prove it to other candidates. At the same time, Guo Pengfei’s video is also a good material.

Five o'clock in the afternoon arrived quickly, and after another ten minutes, the remaining four applicants gradually arrived. Only one applicant did not come back.

Zhang Wei did not immediately ask them about their completion status. He could guess the result just by looking at their dejected looks. However, Zhang Wei soon noticed that Chen Jian was holding an extra small bench in his hand, so he walked up to Chen Jian.

He opened his mouth and asked: "Why, someone gave up?"

Chen Jian nodded and said: "He felt that there was no hope of passing the exam and left in the middle of the afternoon. Before leaving, he asked me to return the things to you."

Zhang Wei asked with a serious expression: "Did he choose to give up because he couldn't stand the difficulties made by the guests?"

Chen Jian shook his head and expressed ignorance. Ma Feng on the side interjected: "I did see him being made things difficult by the guests. At that time, he was so angry that he even threw things."

Zhang Wei nodded to Ma Feng to express his understanding, and then he said to everyone: "I know that each of you has been made things difficult by the guests, so who can tell me why you didn't choose to give up and leave?"

Chen Jian said with a disappointed look: "When you taught me how to shine shoes, I wanted to work with you in the future. Unfortunately, I failed to pass the exam and let you down."

Zhang Wei smiled and looked at the others: "What about you?"

Ma Feng said: "I have been in sales for several years, and I have often been made difficult by customers. I don't think it is a big deal. The reason why I didn't give up and leave is mainly because I think things should start and end. In addition, I also want to ask Manager Zhang again.

I made eighty yuan for a chance. If you give me another hour, I will definitely make a hundred yuan."

Zhang Wei still smiled and nodded, but this time he did not continue to ask other people, but said with a smile: "The only person who made a hundred yuan before five o'clock today and came back here...

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Hearing Zhang Wei mentioning himself, Guo Pengfei couldn't hide his proud smile. The other applicants also looked at Guo Pengfei in unison, feeling surprised, envious, and disappointed...

However, Zhang Wei changed the topic and said in a serious tone: "However, I think Guo Pengfei is the one with the worst grades among you."

Guo Pengfei's smile suddenly froze on his face, and the others also withdrew their gazes and looked at Zhang Wei with doubts on their faces.

However, Zhang Wei seemed to be deliberately trying to whet everyone's appetite. He did not immediately explain the reason, but gave everyone a surprise.

"I declare that each of you present here has passed today's assessment."

While announcing the results, Zhang Wei also applauded them.

"Did I pass? Did I hear that right?"

"You heard it right, we all passed, and everyone who didn't leave passed."

Chen Jian asked Ma Feng beside him in disbelief. Ma Feng nodded excitedly at Chen Jian.

Although the others were not as excited as Chen Kang and Ma Feng, they all clapped hard and expressed their inner joy with warm applause. Only Guo Pengfei frowned and was thinking about something. He was still struggling.

Why was he rated as the worst by Zhang Wei?

The applause lasted for a long time before it stopped. Zhang Wei explained to everyone at this time: "Before today's assessment, I had predicted that it would be difficult for you to earn enough 100 yuan. To tell you the truth, those customers who are making things difficult for you are also me.

It was arranged in advance. And the reason why I did this was to see how many people would not persist and choose to give up in the end..."

Zhang Wei paused for a moment, giving everyone time to digest. After waiting for two seconds, he continued: "Actually, the content of today's assessment has nothing to do with how much money you can make. When I first started doing sales, I

I once asked my leader a question, I asked him, what should newcomers learn? My leader smiled and gave an answer that I will never forget. He told me that the first thing newcomers should learn is to bow to reality."

This sentence was what Xu Keng said to him. At this time, Zhang Wei recalled the original scene and couldn't help but feel filled with emotion. The person he regarded as a good teacher and helpful friend has now become an inseparable enemy...

This is reality, a reality that makes people have to bow their heads...

Zhang Wei took a deep breath, put aside the messy emotions in his mind, and put on a warm smile again. He wanted to say something more, but suddenly his interest waned and he no longer had the intention to continue explaining.

"That's it for today. Everyone go back and rest early. I have arranged a more difficult test for you tomorrow."

After the test was over, everyone said hello to Zhang Wei and left one after another. Zhang Wei got in the car and just started the engine when suddenly Guo Pengfei opened the passenger door and got in.

"Manager Zhang, I don't understand. I think I did the best among everyone today, but why do you rate me as the worst?"

Zhang Wei didn't expect that he was still struggling with this issue, and explained: "Because you have experienced one less test than others."

Guo Pengfei understood that Zhang Wei meant that he had never experienced any trouble from guests, but he was still unconvinced and said: "But you didn't say this in advance, which is unfair to me."

"There is nothing fair or unfair about this. I am the one who sets the rules, so I have the final say. This is the reality. Do you want me to change my mind and declare you to have failed the test?"

Guo Pengfei instantly understood the meaning of Zhang Wei's words, so he smiled bitterly and said: "Okay, I accept the results of today's test. If I continue to be serious, wouldn't it mean that I have not learned to bow to reality?"
Chapter completed!