For TV series, this score is actually not low, but many netizens still say that it is underestimated and think that it can be called the best domestic workplace drama of the year, even if the final plot is somewhat anticlimactic.
There is a very important reason why many people attach so much importance to this play, that is, The Ideal City is not ideal, but quite realistic. In the play, the intrigue, worldly wisdom, complex and subtle interpersonal relationships in the workplace are very truly presented, and the group images depicted in the workplace have made many people see their own figures and feel the same.
All good works are a mirror of reality.
From this drama, we can at least get 10 career enlightenment with practical guiding significance, and now share it with you.
Judge whether a person is an enemy or a friend.
Don't listen to what he says, but watch what he does.
Su Xiao, the heroine played by Sun Li in the play, was originally the cost supervisor of Zhongjian Group, a veteran construction state-owned enterprise. Because of the accident in the project she participated in, she was held accountable at different levels, and her immediate boss, Manager Yu, pushed her out, becoming the scapegoat for the accident and was expelled from the company.
But in front of Su Xiao, Manager Yu is a good boss who cares for his subordinates. He said to Su Xiao, I am also unconvinced by the result of this punishment. Just for you, I didn't sleep all night last night. I just called the leader for more than an hour, and my mouth was worn out.
In the workplace, there are many hypocritical good people like manager Yu, one face to face and another behind.
Therefore, to judge whether a person is an enemy or a friend, whether he is sincere or false to himself, don't just listen to what he says, don't look at what he looks like in front of you, but look at what he does behind his back.
For example, whether a boss is worth following, don't listen to what he promises to you, but depends on whether he can fulfill his promise and whether he is willing to give you a promotion and salary increase. No matter how big the cake is, it doesn't give you a small piece of cake.
Love without practical action is all hooliganism.
The best way to deal with doubts and repression
Prove yourself with value
After Su Xiao was expelled from Zhongjian, he went around to Tiancheng, a branch of Yinghai Group, and met another boss, Director Chen, who was also not a good crop.
Director Chen and his boss, Wang Yang, grew up with a friendship of nearly 40 years. They are the second-in-command in the company and have a solid position. However, Su Xiao's business ability is extremely outstanding, and she shines brilliantly. As soon as she came, she helped the company beat her old rival for many years and successfully won the project. For this reason, she was highly valued by her boss Wang Yang and soon got promoted.
This made Director Chen feel uneasy, so she suppressed Su Xiao everywhere in her work and deliberately guided her colleagues in the company to isolate her.
In the face of the doubts of colleagues and the pressure from the boss, Su Xiao did not go to the boss to cry because of this. Instead, she continued to work hard and proved her value to the boss Wang Yang with her achievements.
In the end, Wang Yang dissuaded Director Chen and Fu Su Shinohara took the lead.
Some people may think that such a plot setting is a bit fake. For a subordinate who has not known for a long time, he abandoned his old brother for decades, but such a thing can indeed happen in the workplace.
Because standing in the position of the boss, the development and interests of the company are the most important, and often I really have to make such a choice.
Just like a conversation when Wang Yang dissuaded Director Chen:
In fact, most bosses in real life are like Wang Yang.
To this end, the contest between Su Xiao and Director Chen is enough to give people in the workplace two inspirations:
These two points are universally applicable.
Character is always the best passport.
Only by being practical and reliable can we go further.
Director Chen once dug a big pit for Su Xiao, suggesting that the cooperative supplier secretly stuffed 100 thousand yuan into her bag when Su Xiao went to the construction site, and then anonymously reported Su Xiao's corruption and bribery to the group.
If Su Xiao doesn't hand in the money in time, it's really impossible to argue. But fortunately, Su Xiao withstood the temptation and test, and gave the money to the boss Wang Yang that night, thus dodging a bullet.
In the workplace, character is always the best passport. Even if a person is very capable, if his character is not enough, then he may be able to walk very fast, but it is difficult to go further.
Su Xiao's two colleagues, Lu Zhengming and Donglin, are typical examples.
Lu Zheng-ming is kind, practical, low-key and restrained, and attaches great importance to feelings and righteousness, so both Director Chen and Su Xiao favor him. Even though he was originally a director Chen, he left his job and wandered around, but Su Xiao still decided to leave the position of cost supervisor to him.
Donglin, another old employee, is the opposite. He is perfunctory and lazy, smooth, and used to have it both ways. Whoever is superior will stand on whose side, but this cleverness did not help him stand higher. Originally, Lu Zhengming was gone, and with his qualifications, he could become a supervisor smoothly, but Su Xiao said, I would rather recruit people again than use him.
Bai Yansong said that character is the highest degree, and the unity of virtue and talent is the real wisdom and talent.
No matter where you stand or what environment you are in, you must never lose many principled things.
The most effective way to persuade the boss
Not right or wrong, but pros and cons.
Su Xiao found that the company had the problem of poor ledger management, so she put forward the reform plan of "Comprehensive Budget Management Process" to her boss Wang Yang.
Wang Yang agreed to Su Xiao's reform plan without saying anything, but since its implementation, the company has been complaining from top to bottom, and the opinions of various departments are relatively large, which forced him to decide to stop the reform.
In order to persuade the boss to continue, Su Xiao calculated an account for Wang Yang:
This remark touched Wang Yang and made up his mind to continue. For this reason, he did not hesitate to fire the finance who had followed him for many years but had been unwilling to cooperate with Su Xiao's work.
As mentioned earlier, in the boss's mind, the development and profit of the company are often more important than the feelings and emotions of employees.
Therefore, the most effective way to convince a person is not to talk to him about right and wrong, but to talk to him about pros and cons and tell him what he cares most about.
Whether facing the boss or colleagues, subordinates and customers, this idea of persuading others is very effective.
Want sardines to stay alive
Just put a catfish in it.
Zhao Xiankun, played by Yu Hewei in the play, is the chairman of Yinghai Group. He is quite dissatisfied with the status quo of the group's lifelessness, factionalism and vegetarian meals at high-level corpses. He knows that the group is only superficial, but it is already riddled with holes and is in jeopardy, and it is in urgent need of a major operation.
To this end, he directly transferred Su Xiao, who had done a good job in the branch, to the group head office and appointed her as the deputy chief economist, becoming the youngest senior manager in the history of Yinghai.
Sure enough, Su Xiao, the born melon egg shaped thing that parachuted in, with one share of momentum, rushed left and right, splashing the head office that was originally like a backwater, and gradually came to life.
There is a concept in management called "catfish effect", which says that a few catfish should be put into the fish school during the transportation of sardines. Because catfish like to eat sardines, sardines that feel dangerous will avoid everywhere, thus solving the problem of hypoxia, otherwise sardines will suffocate during transportation.
For Chairman Zhao Xiankun, Su Xiao is the catfish. Her arrival will have the effect of stirring up a thousand waves with one stone, which will make many people in the group regain their fighting capacity and remain competitive.
In fact, not only enterprises need such means and thinking in management, but ordinary people in the workplace can also use them on the road of personal growth and development.
When you feel that your stay in one place is going to be ruined, there is no progress. At this time, you might as well add some materials to your life, put a catfish in it and stir it, for example, come to naked resignation in a planned way and force yourself.
For people in the workplace, constant struggle is often the best living condition.
Seek the best, and know how to detour when dealing with difficult problems.
Lu Xun wrote in Silent China:
China people's temperament always likes to reconcile and compromise. For example, if you say that this room is too dark, it must be forbidden to open a skylight here. But if you advocate tearing down the roof, they will come to reconcile and are willing to open the skylight.
This is called "house demolition effect" in psychology, which puts forward big and harsh requirements first, and then puts forward smaller and fewer requirements to buffer it.
It is summed up in four words as "seeking the best". On the surface, it is "seeking the best", but in fact it is for "getting the best". Zhao Xiankun skillfully used this trick when he transferred Su Xiao to the group.
Although Su Xiao has a strong business ability, after all, she is young and has never worked in the group head office. Suddenly, when she is transferred to the management, she will naturally be criticized and dissatisfied by many old employees.
To this end, Zhao Xiankun simply gave Su Xiao the position of deputy chief economist, and directly ranked with the bosses of several branches, making her a target of public criticism, and then looking for opportunities to demote Su Xiao by one level. Such an operation not only calmed the dissatisfaction of everyone, but also enabled Su Xiao to have a place in the management of the group.
In fact, letting Su Xiao be the deputy chief economist is just a roundabout strategy of "seeking the best". The key point is to let her stay in the middle and high-level position of the group, which is the result that Zhao Xiankun really wants.
When dealing with thorny issues, or in the process of negotiation, this strategy of striving for the best and retreating for the best is very useful, which can help us to take the initiative to the greatest extent.
Being used is not the most terrible thing.
It's terrible that there is no use value
As mentioned earlier, Su Xiao is the catfish used by Zhao Xiankun to stir up the stagnant water of the group. In the play, xu feng, the former assistant of Zhao Xiankun, the chairman of the board of directors, also played a similar role, and was sent by the chairman to Tianke Branch to audit.
Later, when xu feng resigned from the group, he said these words to Su Xiao:
In other words, we are all pawns in the boss's hands. Although it sounds cruel, there is no need to mind.
In the workplace, it is not terrible to be used, but terrible to have no use value.
The word utilization is neutral, for example, we peel apples with a knife, which is a kind of utilization of the knife. The relationship between bosses and employees is essentially mutual use. Bosses use employees to solve problems and employees use bosses to achieve income growth.
So, don't be afraid of being used, as long as you stay awake, have the ability to judge right and wrong, and know what you can and can't do.
Moreover, coins have two sides, and the other side of "utilization" is often "growth". When we help others, we are actually helping ourselves.
It's not enough just to finish the work, but also to have surprises.
Wu Hongmei, played by Gao Ye in the play, is Su Xiao's best friend. They have a good relationship. They were roommates in college and later became colleagues in Yinghai Group.
Although both high flyers graduated from famous universities, Wu Hongmei did not shine as brightly as Su Xiao. She worked conscientiously in Yinghai headquarters for four years, but never got a promotion or salary increase. She still stayed in the same place and was often scolded by her boss Maria.
Maria once commented on Wu Hongmei: Although every job given to her can be completed, she has never seen a surprise in her.
It can be said that it is a mystery.
In the workplace, it is not enough to take completion as the standard, but also to have surprises and make people shine.
For example, Su Xiao, when she first entered Tiancheng, was not liked by her boss Wang Yang at first.
Later, when meeting the internal project bidding of the group, others left work hastily, because they have been losing to another branch Tianke in recent years, and they are in a state of accompanying each internal bidding.
However, Su Xiao, who was new here at that time, did not give up because of her strong opponent. She worked overtime all night alone to catch the tender, and finally successfully defeated her old rival Tianke, which surprised many people. After this battle, Wang Yang also began to notice Su Xiao's talent and decided to cultivate her well.
For the boss, a truly excellent and willing employee can always be expected, and you never know where his upper limit is.
Don't just do things for pleasure, but also think about the consequences.
Zhao Xiankun is the chairman of the group, with supreme authority, but he is actually forbearing everywhere.
For example, Su Xiao was fired once. In principle, people with such a disgraceful resume are not qualified to join Tiancheng. Maria, the head of human resources, let Su Xiao leave, which made Wang Yang, a talented person, very unhappy and directly made trouble with Zhao Xiankun, the chairman. On the one hand, it is the company system, and on the other hand, it is the boss of the branch. Under the balance, Zhao Xiankun still chose to compromise, smiling to appease Wang Yang's mood and agreeing to Su Xiao's employment.
For example, the group wants to conduct an internal audit of five branches, and the head of the audit, Xu Zhiping, is good at observing words and feelings. He knows that this audit work is a hot potato, so he pretends to be ill and escapes. Of course, Zhao Xiankun knew that he did it on purpose, but he could only acquiesce and went to the hospital to visit and express his condolences.
For example, Zhao Xiankun transferred Su Xiao to the group headquarters and entered the management. Many senior subordinates who followed him for many years refused to accept it and came to his office to put on a face. In fact, as the head of the group, he has the absolute right to appoint and dismiss personnel. There is no need to explain to these people, but he still does the appeasement work one by one.
In fact, it's not that he's not angry, he's just holding back. Every time he waits for someone to leave, he is so angry that he drops something. So, Zhao Xiankun once said a word to his assistant xu feng: Don't just do things for pleasure, but also think about the consequences.
These people are old people who have followed them for many years, and they occupy important positions in the company, and their relationships are intertwined. Many times, it is difficult to completely tear your face, and you can't tear your face and start the whole body.
Mature ears of wheat know how to bow their heads, and so do people. Really powerful people are often masters of emotional management. No matter what happens, they can always control their emotions well.
Just as there is a saying: the weak are irritable like tigers, and the strong are calm like water.
Just because others don't like you doesn't mean you can't be yourself.
After Su Xiao was fired, she went into a barber shop to start over. During the chat, the barber said something meaningful to her:
That's true!
In fact, even God can't please everyone. When it rains, some people are happy and others are disappointed.
Therefore, it is necessary to find reasons from yourself when you meet bosses and colleagues who don't like you at work, but you don't have to question and deny yourself blindly.
Many times, it's really not that you are not good enough, but that there is no spark between you and the gas field is not harmonious.
Aggressive subordinates often hit it off when they meet the boss who is equally enterprising, but if they meet the boss who is striving for stability, it is likely to break up.
Just keep your true colors, stick to your initial intentions and try to be yourself. The world is big, as long as you keep growing, you will always meet people who are in tune.
This is true for both work and life.
Write it at the end
As the saying goes, insiders watch the doorway and laymen watch the excitement.
This is an industry drama focusing on construction cost engineers. Although some plots are not in line with common sense in the eyes of professionals, it is already a great gain for laymen to learn from some methods of doing things in the workplace and have a deeper understanding and understanding of the workplace and human nature.
* * * with you.