Boss & Me

Boss & Me

Episode 6

"Official Employee Enrolment Notice" - Everyone, come and see!

- You're on the list! - You too. You too.

- Sorry! Excuse me! Please let us through! - Hey! You must treat us lunch!

- Congratulations! - Congratulations!

Xue Shan Shan. Huang Shi Jia.

- We made it! - So good!

- Congratulations! - Congratulations!

So happy, so happy!

We're on the list!

So good!

- Hey, you all passed as well? - Yes, we did!

"Congratulations on officially becoming an employee. - Feng Teng"

Boss is actually congratulating me?

Can't be. This must be some type of strategy to promote employee motivation.

It's probably a system-generated mass-message.

Cheng Juan

I've passed my probation period and I'm now officially a permanent employee.

If I've done anything wrong in the past, please forgive me.

The thing about the Boss...

I did help him out to the best of my ability.

But I never intend to use my association with him to boost my position.

Please understand.

I know I'm not smart enough.

But I will do my best to complete any task you assign to me.

So, from now on, please don't attack me regarding the matter with the Boss.

Thank you very much.

Why are you saying these things to me? I'm leaving the company soon anyway.

If other co-workers don't mind, then it's fine.

Shan Shan

Come out for a while.

Did you bring your phone?

- Phone? Yes, I have it with me. - Take it out.

I'm going to transfer something to you.

Last time, you shared your ideas with me regarding "Life Energy" app user experience.

I've just made a "Life Energy 2.0" beta. Try it out.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me, they are such an inspiration to me.

I inspired Qi Shuai!

"Inspirational Teacher"

Oh by the way, congratulations! You are now a permanent employee.

Thank you.

Okay, it's done transferring.

Remember to use it, okay? And if you have any suggestion for improvement, tell me.

Your opinions are especially important to me.

- Okay. - Alright then, I have a meeting to go to.

Let's talk another time, okay?

Let me help you make coffee, I'll bring it to you later.

- Okay, thank you then. - No bother at all.

- Thanks. - You're welcome.

- Morning! - Morning, Du Fan.

Congratulations on becoming a regular company employee.

Let's have lunch together.

- Okay, no problem, my treat! - Okay.

Shan Shan, you owe us a proper explanation.

You've already passed your probation period anyway, you have nothing to worry about.

It's been 3 months, you should trust us enough by now to tell us the truth!

Exactly, we're all colleagues from the same department, it won't hurt to know more about each other.

- Also, some day, we might end up offending a highly-favoured person without even knowing. - That's right.

Shan Shan, we really can't make sense of the situation.

Who is really your backer --- Qi Shuai or the Big Boss?

- I... I am not connected to Qi Shuai or Boss in anyway. - How can you be not connected?

If there's no connection, then how come you go and have lunch in Boss's office almost every day?

And how come Qi Shuai comes looking for you all the time?

Just give us a simple two-syllable answer: Boss ("lǎo bǎn") or Qi Shuai?

- Tell us! - Just tell us! - Yes, you have to tell us!

Enough! Stop it, you guys!

The situation is not particularly good. Let's now look at the third line of Article 5.

Come in.

Qi Shuai!

There's a serious problem! Shan Shan is quarrelling with some other co-workers!

What?

Over there!

Did you guys work so hard to get a job in Feng Teng, just to spend your time on this senseless gossip?

- What did you just say? - How can you talk to us like that?! - If your wagging tongues are so long, why don't you go and ...

- ...try out for Best Gossipmonger record in the Guinness Book? - You dare call us gossipmongers?!

- Even if she has any connection with Boss, you all shouldn't... - We're asking Shan Shan, not you. It's none of your business.

How is it not my business? She's my girlfriend!

- This matter is settled because I say so. - You're from General Affairs, we're from Finance, ...

- ... you can't order us around! - Yes, go change light bulbs!

- What do you mean, change light bulbs?! - You! Your job is to change light bulbs, go do your job!

- Please everyone, stop fighting please... - Stop!

What on earth are you all doing, crowding around in this tiny pantry?

You are all very curious, aren't you?

Alright, I'll tell you...

Shan Shan is currently not connected to Boss in anyway.

No connection, no connection at all.

But whether or not there's any connection, should it be your focus at a workplace?

I know that workplace gossip is inevitable.

But there needs to be a limit, right?

We're all colleagues, working in the same company. This kind of noisy quarrelling isn't good for anyone.

But he said she's his girlfriend.

That's right! He said so just now.

- A guy who fixes light bulbs... how can he say such things? - She really is my girlfriend, so what?

- Stop lying! You are shameless! - Did she even agree to be your girlfriend?

- Let's go. She's done talking to you all! Let's go. - Hey! Where are you going? We're not done here!

- Let go of her! - No, we're not done talking to her!

You!

Come with me to my office.

Okay, don't crowd around. Go back to work.

Quickly, move along.

You're the man!

You!

Take the next lift.

Unreasonable!

You're the one who asked me to come.

Now you make it seem like I'm the one who is eagerly following you around.

Okay, just this once, I'm going to say everything I've been wanting to say.

Now that I am a regular employee, it is not that simple to fire me anymore.

Although I am particularly good at picking vegetables, it's not my only useful skill.

Also, no one is allowed to order me around in such an undignified way.

No matter what, just this once, I must make it clear to him...

No more picking vegetables, otherwise I won't associate with him at all anymore.

I knew I would see you here.

I was just thinking...

Boss doesn't have the mood to eat again today.

Every time he has lunch with you, he is in a much better mood.

It's good that you're willing to come over.

Today, he seems even more melancholy than any other day.

Fully aware of the danger ahead, must I still move forward?

But then, "no risk, no reward."

Today, he seems even more melancholy than any other day.

Today's dishes are... candied lotus roots, Dongpo pork (pan-fried pork belly),

stir-fried corn with black beans, and also sago milk.

You don't like to eat the candied cores, so I will pick them out and leave the lotus roots for you.

As for the Dongpo pork, I will take out the fatty meat for you.

Sago milk is your favourite so I'll let you have my share too.

But I have something to say...

If you don't like to eat black beans, ask your family chef not to cook them anymore.

This is the last time I'm going to pick them out for you.

I'm done picking. Come and eat!

Let me.

Is the food not to your liking?

But today, I can't tell from your facial expression that you are enjoying your food.

Boss, are you in a bad mood today?

From what I can see, you're not in a good mood either. And yet you're still concerned about me?

That guy, Du Fan... Is he really your boyfriend?

No, no.

Actually, he is a good friend who joined the company at the same time as me.

He just couldn't bear to see those co-workers bullying and mocking me.

So he was just standing up for me.

To put an end to the rumours.

Rumours?

With whom?

With Qi Shuai... No, no, I mean, with Director Zheng.

But that's impossible! How can those rumours be real?

You'd better concentrate on your meal. Stop talking.

Why is the food so unappetizing today?

You'll have to ask your chef.

The coffee here is pretty good. Try it.

Shuang Yi

I have something to confess.

I'm very sorry.

Today, I borrowed your husband for a while.

Since when did I get a husband? Very funny!

A cyber husband is still a husband.

You guys don't know... today, Du Fan announced in front of all those co-workers who like to gossip about me

that I was his girlfriend!

You don't know how manly Du Fan was today, not to mention how loyal and self-sacrificing!

The incident also alerted the whole Finance Department, Qi Shuai and even the Big Boss!

But Du Fan still continued defending me --- totally unblinking and unflinching.

But then...

I still feel obligated to explain this to you...

Du Fan's favourite person is you... only you!

Please don't be mad.

Well, he's already declared in front of so many people that you are his girlfriend.

You must be the one he likes.

If you were there, you would have been angry enough to declare that the two of us are a lesbian couple!

It was that serious?

Never mind.

As long as someone was there to defend you, all is well.

If I were there, I probably would've beat them up.

Shan Shan, you just said that both Qi Shuai and the Boss were alerted.

Then, how did Qi Shuai react?

Qi Shuai? He most probably misunderstood.

At that time, I really wanted to explain the situation to him

but the Big Boss was there so I didn't have a chance to talk to him.

Qi Shuai surely misunderstood!

What am I to do?!

What am I to do?

What shall I do, Shuang Yi? Qi Shuai has misunderstood, how do I fix it?

Let me think, let me think, ...

Let me tell you...

He may not have misunderstood.

As a relationship expert, speaking from my experience, if a man has feelings for a woman,

the more desirable this woman is to other men, the more the man cares.

So it's good that this happened! Maybe tomorrow, Qi Shuai will confess his feelings for you.

Please spare us your overly sentimental and unrealistic relationship expertise.

Shan Shan, don't listen to her.

Let me tell you... If you want to clarify things, do it soon. The longer you delay, the bigger the mess.

- I suggest you text him right now. - Really? Okay.

I'm doomed!

What's the matter?

I'm doomed!

Human Resources Department advisory notice:

In view of the fact that recent rumours of personal nature have severely affected the efficiency of company employees,

the HR Department hereby initiates guidelines for proper workplace conduct and work ethics.

Any interpersonal relationship between employees, beyond normal camaraderie, is strictly prohibited.

Is this dating ban tailor-made for you?

This time, I'm in big trouble.