Five years at this company, and my salary is still stuck at $3,800 a month. Everyone calls me a pathetic lapdog, unable to leave my female boss, Claire Chen. I count on my fingers; this is the tenth time I've asked for a raise. Her face is still cold, impatient. "How many times have I told you? The company isn't doing well right now. Can't we talk about this at the end of the year?" My colleagues whisper about me. "See that? That's the end of an old lapdog! Even after being treated like this, he still can't leave Claire." The next day, a new intern arrived, a returnee from overseas, with a salary of $25,000. On his first day, Claire put him right at my desk. Only then did I realize that my request for a raise had offended her. In a fit of anger, I turned around and jumped to a competitor company as a vice president. I'm done being this old lapdog! 01 "Claire, the contract with Runyuan Company has been signed. I'm asking for a raise!" "Can't you see I'm busy? Who let you in? Asking for a raise just because you closed one deal? I don't like employees who bargain!" I forced a smile and repeated it. This was her own promise to me. She said that if I could close this project with Runyuan Company, she would double my salary. Before I could finish, she looked at me with impatience. "Didn't I tell you? The company is facing the pressure of going public right now. It's good enough that I haven't laid anyone off. You should be secretly happy that you still have a job. Where else can you find a good boss like me?" It was the same old rhetoric. I couldn't help but remind her, "But, boss, my salary has been only $3,800 for all these years..." "I'm giving you $3,800, and you're still not satisfied? With your work level, who would want you if you left my company? Don't think that just because you closed a few deals, the company can't do without you, understand?" Claire waved her hand as if she were shooing away a fly, wanting to end this unpleasant topic as soon as possible. I suppressed my anger and explained, "Claire, I've always been grateful to you, but I also need to eat and live. With this salary, I really don't have enough!" She poked her finger at my forehead in anger. "Jiang Yuan, don't always think about getting a raise. After so many years, why haven't I given you a raise? Isn't it because you haven't done well enough in some places, and your contribution to the company isn't big enough?" When Claire said my contribution to the company wasn't big enough, I couldn't help but sneer out loud. I've been with the company for five years. To close deals, I don't know how many times I've drunk with clients, how many times I've drunk until my stomach bled. If it weren't for that special feeling for Claire, I would have chosen to leave the company long ago. Now, she denied me with a single sentence, which couldn't help but chill my heart. Seeing me stunned in place, she looked at me impatiently and said, "Alright, I still have things to do. Next month's salary will increase by $200!" $200? Do you really think I'm a beggar? Back at my desk, several female colleagues started whispering. "I say Jiang Yuan is just a lapdog. Being humiliated by Claire like that, he doesn't dare to fart." A girl covered her mouth and laughed. "That's right. For so many years, he's been following Claire around like a dog without a mind of his own. Can Claire even look at him? It's really a toad wanting to eat swan meat. He doesn't even take a look at himself in the mirror!" I clenched my fists, suppressed my anger, and walked back to my desk quietly. As soon as I got home after work, I received a call from Claire. "Why did you leave after work? We're about to sign a contract with Shengshi Group. Don't you know? Have you done the proposal?" "Claire, didn't you ask Dong Xin to coordinate that proposal? Besides, if I do it now, I'm afraid it will be too late!" Before I could finish, Claire yelled at me. "How many times have I told you to cooperate with Dong Xin? What's the matter with you? Do you really think my company is a place to loaf around and wait for death?" "Claire, that's not my duty. Besides, the projects under my command are also rushing to catch up with the schedule. I really don't have time..." 02 "Jiang Yuan, can't you stand in my shoes and think about me? I'm tired to death every day. Can't you be considerate of me?" The sound of men clinking glasses came from Claire's side. I gritted my teeth, thinking that it wasn't easy for her, and decided to compromise one more time. So, I kindly reminded her, "Rest early. It's not good to drink with the opposite sex so late!" Before I finished speaking, Claire yelled violently, "Jiang Yuan, what are you? You're bossing me around? Let me tell you, if it weren't for the fact that you're an old employee, I would have let you leave the company long ago. Do you believe it? If the company leaves you, there are a lot of people better than you waiting to come to my company!" After speaking, she seemed to hang up the phone angrily. I had to believe it. The next day, colleagues whispered that a returnee intern was coming to the company, with a monthly salary of $25,000, which was several times mine. This time, I finally couldn't help it and barged into her office again. "Claire, a colleague just said that you hired an intern, and his salary is several times mine, right?" I tried my best to make my tone sound natural. Claire snorted coldly and said, "Do I need to report to you when I hire someone? Don't think that just because you are a veteran of the company, I have to listen to you. Don't you take a look at yourself in the mirror? You're almost thirty, and you haven't achieved anything." Holding back my anger, my voice trembled uncontrollably, "But why is he only here, with a monthly salary of $25,000, while I only have a monthly salary of $3,800 until now?" She said impatiently, "You don't even understand this. Gu Yunze is a returnee student, the exact talent our company needs. Which company doesn't lack such talent now? What do you understand!" I bit my lip and asked softly, "So, is this the reason why you won't give me a raise?" Claire slapped the table angrily and said, "Jiang Yuan, are you sick? I am the president of the company. What kind of person I want to use has nothing to do with you. If you want to work, work. If you don't want to work, I don't welcome you." I asked with final hope, "Claire, I'm asking for a raise. If it continues like this, I really can't go on." Claire sneered, "Do you not understand human language? Starting next month, I'll give you a raise of $200. Are you deaf? Also, what kind of bullshit is this proposal you wrote? Take it back and rewrite it for me!" She slapped the proposal on my face, and my cheek suddenly hurt from the blow. I knew she was deliberately finding fault, and this proposal was done a few days ago. I went back to the department resentfully. Some colleagues looked up at me, and many people had sarcastic smiles on their lips. 03 Claire's secretary, Yuan Xiaoling, saw me and said arrogantly, "Jiang Yuan, Claire just told me to arrange a new desk for you immediately." "Arrange a new desk? Why?" Yuan Xiaoling smiled sinisterly and commanded two colleagues to carry a small table over and place it next to my desk. Where is this a new desk? It's clearly an intern's desk. Seeing me silent, Yuan Xiaoling hooked her lips and pouted, "This is the new intern, Gu Yunze. He's a high-achieving returnee student. Claire wants you to guide him first, and later you will also hand over the work in your hands to him!" I clenched my fists and said unconvinced, "Why should I guide him!" Yuan Xiaoling sneered, "This is Claire's arrangement. I am just conveying Claire's words. If you don't agree, you can get out of our company immediately. I think if you lose your job, you're afraid you'll have to beg on the street!" Before the words fell, many colleagues laughed. Yuan Xiaoling had only been here for less than a year, but she liked to take a chicken feather as an order. She was usually bossy to us old employees or liked to report on us behind the leaders' backs. After Gu Yunze sat down, he said to me unceremoniously, "Your name is Jiang Yuan, right? Follow me and pay attention to work efficiency. You should immediately prepare a material for me to deal with Yunhao Company. I want to connect with them." "By the way, is it Yunhao Company? I am Gu Yunze. I will follow up on this project in the future. Oh, that Jiang Yuan, is now my follower!" Gu Yunze held his mobile phone and acted like a company boss. He didn't even know that President Zhou of Yunhao Company hated others to play tricks on him the most. I couldn't help but smile secretly. Just wait for this project to fail! Gu Yunze started yelling again, "Who is that? Help me pour a glass of water, and that initial design proposal, have you finished it!" I was about to explain when Yuan Xiaoling looked at me nonchalantly and said, "That Jiang Yuan, Claire asked you to go to her office. She has something to tell you!" After speaking, she still looked at me with a gloating expression, while Gu Yunze smiled even more proudly. Sure enough, Claire said with a straight face, throwing the folder on my face, "What's the matter with you? You are in charge of this project. Now Yunhao Company doesn't want to cooperate with us. Look at what you've done!" 04 Forcing myself to endure the stinging pain on my cheek, I explained, "Claire, this is Gu Yunze's responsibility!" Claire snorted coldly, "Didn't I tell you? Let you guide him. How did you guide him? When something goes wrong, you want to shift the responsibility to others. You idiot. Does the company pay you to do stupid things?" I held back my anger and was so angry that I couldn't say a word. Gu Yunze also scolded from the side, "Claire, this is all his arrangement!" After speaking, Gu Yunze still looked at me with unkind intentions. Claire also stared at me angrily, "Do you have any sense of responsibility? When something goes wrong, you push the blame to the intern. Don't get paid this month. Gu Yunze has a high academic qualification and good work performance. He is promoted to manager of the marketing department!" Gu Yunze nodded quickly and said, "Thank you, Claire. I will definitely work harder!" Claire nodded with satisfaction, "This is our company's competent employee, especially some old employees. They should correct their positions. If they don't work hard every day, I'll immediately let him pack up and get out!". After speaking, Claire also looked at me purposefully. A few days later, Gu Yunze threw the project contract with Tenghai Group to me. "You go and connect with Tenghai Group. If this project fails, don't think about working here!" I sneered, "Manager Gu, you followed up on this project. Now you throw it to me. Why!" Gu Yunze didn't expect me to say that. He was stunned, and his face suddenly turned ugly. He widened his eyes in disbelief, and his tone was sharp, "I am your leader now. If I ask you to do it, you do it. Do you still want to stay in the company!" Claire appeared behind me and also said impatiently, "If he asks you to do it, you do it. Do I have to arrange you to agree? In the company, Gu Yunze's words represent my words. Do you not want to work in the company?". I almost laughed when I heard this. I asked her with a sneer, "Claire, how can such an important thing be given to me? I'm afraid I'm not capable enough to do it well!" Claire didn't expect me to say that. Her face was distorted with anger. "You are working for the company, not for you to be picky here. If you don't go, get out immediately!" Seeing me silent, Claire became anxious and immediately changed her words, "Jiang Yuan, you are also an old employee of the company. Don't you know how difficult it is for me?" "If this contract cannot be signed, how much loss will it bring to our company? You have worked in the company for so many years. Can you think about it for me?" I knew that if I didn't agree to Claire's request this time, the company's capital chain would be broken. I still softened and agreed again.
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