Wu Bin was beginning to find the test strange. He even wanted to laugh.
These questions were very different from what he had expected. Wu Bin had thought that the questions in the test would be complicated and difficult and that the options would be very demanding. He imagined questions that would be as difficult to answer as ‘if your wife and your mother fell into the sea, who would you save first?’
However, from the looks of the current situation, the test was extremely simple!
Indeed, it was merely a formality.
Even newbies with some EQ would know the answer to questions like that, right? Wu Bin quickly selected the option to work overtime and complete the task. However, just as he was about to submit his answer, he realized that something was amiss.
Is it really that simple? Did they have to set a test for this?
He immediately recalled his experience.
Most of Tengda’s employees were very efficient. That was probably why they would not be placed in a situation where they could not finish their work. If this happened, it would show that one was very inefficient at work. Then…
They should still work overtime to complete the task, right?
Wu Bin tried to consider the question on a deeper level but found that his answer did not change.
“…Perhaps I’m thinking too much.
“This is only the first question. There’s no reason to feel so conflicted. I’ll continue reading.”
Wu Bin answered the questions faster and faster.
He really wanted to think deeper about them, but the truth was… there was nothing much to think about.
From any angle, the answers to the questions were clear!
As he continued answering the questions, Wu Bin suddenly frowned.
“Eh? Didn’t I answer this question before? Are there too many questions? Is the question bank too small?”
Wu Bin studied the question closer and found that it was very similar to the one before. They were both about working overtime, but there was an extra phrase here: ‘Boss Pei told you’.
“Eh? It’s probably not a repeated question.
“Does that mean there should be a difference in my answers for these questions?
“Should I work overtime to complete a task from Boss Pei?
“Hmm… this question should be different from the earlier one.
“Boss Pei repeatedly emphasizes that we should not work overtime. Since he probably would oversee this task, I should not work overtime.
“That means I shouldn’t select the ‘work overtime’ option.
“All in all, if I’m unable to finish my work, it would mean I’m being inefficient. Naturally, I should work overtime to finish the work. However, I can only do so sneakily. If Boss Pei finds out, I would not be allowed to work overtime.
“Yes, that should be it.”
Wu Bin was not very sure about the answer, but since the test contained so many questions, he figured that it would make no difference even if he got this question wrong. Thus, he quickly scrolled past it.
Soon, all the questions were answered.
Wu Bin had initially thought that the answers would only be revealed after some time. However, when he submitted his test, he saw a button on his screen that said ‘Check Test Results’.
Wu Bin paused. “I get the results on the
spot?”
He suddenly panicked inside.
However, after some thought, he realized that there was nothing to panic about. This test was merely a formality.
Even if he got one or two questions wrong, he would probably still pass it, right?
He was just about to click the button when he heard the man opposite him holler in shock.
“Holy f*ck?!”
Wu Bin looked up to see the man staring at his computer screen in disbelief. Soon, shocked voices sounded all around the room.
Since the questions were simple and easy to understand, most people did not need much time to answer them. Thus, everyone finished the test at nearly the same time.
The shock soon started to spread around the room. Many people did not scream or shout. However, the strange, astonished expressions on their faces told Wu Bin all that he needed to know.
Wu Bin suddenly realized that something was wrong. Weren’t the questions very simple?! How could so many people fail the test?
He quickly moved his mouse to click on the ‘Check Test Results’ button.
Only one line of words appeared on the screen: ‘Apologies… you did not pass the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. Please work harder!
Wu Bin was speechless.
Finished.
He had not expected this result at all. Hadn’t the questions been very simple? How did he get them wrong?
Moreover, it had not been just one or two questions, but many of them!
Wu Bin felt extremely confused. He tried hard to recall the questions and still could not find any problem with his answers. Where exactly had he gone wrong? He looked around and saw that everyone was reacting differently, but their expressions were all filled with shock.
“Whoa, I actually passed!”
“How did I fail? What happened?”
“This is terrible!”
Most people were perplexed and puzzled, but a few were pleasantly surprised. However, whether they passed or not, everyone was extremely confused by the questions.
Wu Bin really wanted to ask those who passed how they had done it, but the employees from the administrative department—who had been invigilating the test—were beginning to chase people out of the room.
“If you’re done with the test, please leave immediately. You’re not to discuss the questions. It’s alright if you didn’t pass this time; you all have three more chances.
“Please use the remaining time to study Tengda’s spirit well. May you all pass the test the next time!”
Baffled, Wu Bin returned to his workspace.
“How did you do? Did you pass?” The man beside him asked as he tapped away at his keyboard, working.
Wu Bin shook his head, still bewildered. “I didn’t.”
The man’s head was obviously filled with question marks at that moment, but he still comforted Wu Bin. “Don’t worry. It’s probably because you just joined us not long ago, and you don’t understand the Tengda spirit well enough. Keep working hard; there’ll be more chances in the future.”
Wu Bin, “…What exactly is the Tengda spirit?”
The man remained silent for a long time before answering, “You’ve stumped me. I don’t know either…”
Wu Bin was speechless.
It looked like the test was not as simple as he had imagined…
Chapter 361 - Tengda is Not Treating Me Like an Outsider!
Chapter 361 Tengda is Not Treating Me Like an Outsider!
At noon, all of Tengda’s employees stopped work and prepared to travel to the location where the annual meeting would be held.
Since it would be held at a luxurious hotel nearby, they did not have to travel far.
Two buses had been chartered to send the employees in Shenhua View to and fro. The other employees scattered around Jingzhousuch as Upwind Logistics’ delivery men, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe’s branch managers, and the like-would arrange for their own transportation. They could then claim their expenses from the company.
As Wu Bin sat on the bus to the hotel, he felt slightly muddleheaded.
He hadn’t recovered from the morning’s events and was still pondering hard about why he had failed the Tengda Spirit compatibility test.
“Why exactly did that happen…? “There was nothing wrong with my answers…”
On the way to the hotel, he searched for similar tests using his cell phone. However, he could not find similar questions anywhere, much less answers.
Just thinking about it made him feel guilty. He worked in the HR department, and yet he had to resort to Qiandu to look for answers to a test. It was so shameful.
Wu Bin followed the rest of the crowd into the event location, with his mind still filled with questions. When he looked up, he suddenly realized that the place was decorated very differently from any other annual meeting he had attended in the past.
It was extremely simple!
The hotel was extremely spacious. Each table sat ten, and there were about a hundred tables in total. From this set-up, Wu Bin guessed that close to a thousand people would be attending the meeting.
The tables were all evenly spaced-out; it neither looked too squeezy nor too spacious.
It was different from other companies’ annual meetings, wherein there were no gaudy decorations, display boards, banners, roll-up banner stands, or anything like that. Even the stage did not look like it would be used since it was filled with claw machines and capsule machines.
Furthermore, it was not just the stage that was filled with these machines.
Looking around, Wu Bin realized that the entire event location was filled with different types of them.
There were claw machines, capsule machines, toy gun stands, ring toss stands…
Anyone who walked in might have thought that this was a game hall.
There were a projector and a huge screen, but only a simple yet elegant background for the annual meeting was being displayed. It looked clean and stylish, neither lame nor gaudy.
Wu Bin was not at all interested in the capsule machine, claw machines, and other games that were normally present in game halls because they all seemed like scams to him…
He had once watched a Popular Science video that explained that these games all contained some kind of trick. That was how game halls made money. Take the claw machines for example. Manufacturers could adjust the chances of a stuffed toy being caught.
A few heartless manufacturers would set the chances to one percent. That meant that the electric current through the claw would slowly be reduced as it moved upwards with a soft toy in tow. This would weaken the claw’s grip and cause it to drop the stuffed toy. It would also create an illusion that the player had not gotten a firm enough grip. This would happen 99 times. On the hundredth try, the electric current through the claw would not be reduced. As long as the player aimed accurately, the claw would be able to grip the stuffed toy all the way.
Of course, other manufacturers were more good-hearted; they would set the chances to five or ten percent.
Still, no matter what, the player would never make money; and the manufacturer would never lose money. This was a trap.
Many players thought that they could win prizes because of their luck or technique. However, the fact was that these had all been pre-set by the machine itself.
Thus, Wu Bin had no interest in game halls whatsoever.
However, this situation was obviously different from what he had imagined. Game halls would only be scams if one was spending his own money on them. What if others provided money for one to play? Of course, it would become much more interesting!
A table was set up next to the entrance to the hall. A colleague from the administrative department sat there, distributing tokens.
These were game tokens to be used in the game hall. Each person would be given one bag of fifty to sixty tokens at least.
Ordinarily, one would need to pay ten to fifteen yuan for each try on a capsule machine. However, in this game hall, one game token would be sufficient.
In other words, each token was equivalent to about ten yuan.
The total worth of Wu Bin’s game tokens was about five or six hundred yuan. These tokens had been given to him at no charge, and he could play as much as he wanted. Obviously, this was not a scam like many other game halls were.
Of course, the colleague from the administrative department had also explained to everyone that the entertainment programs were scheduled to take place after lunch. They would only be able to play the games after finishing their food.
Wu Bin felt happy enough after receiving his game tokens, but that was not the end of it. The colleague from the administrative department also stuffed a thick red packet into his hands.
“This is a door gift,” he explained, smiling.
Wu Bin was surprised. “I just joined the company, and I haven’t obtained tenure. Do I really get to keep this, too?”
The colleague smiled and nodded. “Of course! Door gifts are meant for everyone who walks through the door!”
Wu Bin’s heart felt warm immediately.
That was extremely well-said!
Door gifts were meant for everyone who walks through the door!
When Wu Bin had been at Hengtu Games, only employees who had been employed for more than three months could take part in lucky draws; everyone else, including interns, had been excluded.
That was because something extremely awkward had happened before. An intern who had just joined the company had won one of the first-tier prizes, a ten-thousand-yuan laptop, and then quitted the next day.
Since then, the company banned interns from taking part in lucky draws.
At first, Wu Bin had thought that he would not get a door gift or be allowed to take part in the lucky draw. Yet, it seemed like he had been mistaken.
Tengda was not treating him like an outsider; it was not finding ways and means to guard against him!
At that thought, Wu Bin felt horrible for failing the Tengda Spirit compatibility test in the morning
The company treats me so well, and yet I’m not good enough to be one of them.
It feels horrible!
I have to understand the Tengda spirit as soon as possible, so that I can start giving back to the company!
Wu Bin followed the rest of his colleagues from the HR department into the event location and then took his seat. At once, he took the money out from the red packet and counted it.
There were ten red notes!
To Wu Bin, this was a lot. After all, he had only received a shampoo kit as Hengtu Games’ annual meeting’s door gift.
What’s more, it was shampoo for hair loss. Although that had been quite useful for most employees, it was only worth a few yuan.
In comparison, Tengda was so generous even with its door gifts. Wu Bin could only imagine how luxurious the lucky draw prizes would be.
As he fiddled with the brand new game tokens, Wu Bin observed his surroundings.
There was a long table covered with a piece of red cloth on the stage. It looked like there were many things hidden under the red cloth. Wu Bin guessed that those were the prizes for the annual meeting.
As for what exactly they were, Wu Bin was not sure. However, there looked to be many of them since the pile was as high as a mountain.
Soon, almost all the seats were filled up.
It was impossible for employees not to attend Tengda’s annual meeting. Boss Pei had said time and time again that nobody was allowed to miss the annual meeting unless they were so sick that they were bedridden.
Wu Bin had heard before of an employee from a certain company who had missed the annual meeting because he had been working overtime. As a result, he missed the chance to claim his prize from the lucky draw.
This could never happen in Tengda.
Otherwise… the consequences would be dire.
Apart from the employee who worked overtime, even his superiors and department head could be implicated.
Wu Bin glanced at his watch. It was 12.30 PM.
He had just been thinking about when the annual meeting would begin when the waiter served the first dishes.
Wu Bin was speechless.
Wait, is there a mistake in the program?
Ordinary annual meetings would begin with a proper opening, some awkward performances, and a speech from the head of the company. The head would summarize the results for the past year and briefly talk abou
t some goals for the future. Then, after several more programs and performances, the dishes would be served.
Yet, not only had there not been awkward performances, but Boss Pei had not even given a speech!
Wu Bin tried hard to look at the few tables in front and found that Boss Pei had no intention to go on stage to give a speech. Instead, he looked like he was thinking about which dish he should try first.
Wu Bin felt light-headed. This annual meeting was… so practical!
The food was served the moment everyone arrived. There was not a minute of delay!
At that moment, a countdown to the lucky draw appeared on the huge screen.
“Holy sh*t! Is it that straightforward?!”
Wu Bin was giddy.
It was fine if Boss Pei was not going to speak, but a host should at least have warmed the audience up and livened up the atmosphere before the lucky draw, right?
Yet, there was none of that!
The lucky draw segment was going to start right away. A prize would be given out at regular intervals!
Obviously, the employees’ information and pictures had already been entered into the system. A random person would be selected from the database.
The first prizes to be distributed had already been announced. There were a total of three hundred 799-yuan earphones to be given out!
These 799-yuan earphones probably only sounded slightly better than ordinary earphones. However, Bluetooth earphones in this price range were extremely convenient to carry around and easy to use.
Many people would not be able to tell the difference in sound quality. However, having an additional pair of Bluetooth earphones that were convenient to carry around would not be a bad thing. At the very least, they could use it while traveling to and from work.
Thus, everyone looked expectantly at the huge screen, their expressions telling of how much they wanted to win.
There were cool effects, and pictures passed rapidly through the center of the screen. Finally, it settled on a picture of a colleague that Wu Bin did not know.
At the same time, a scream sounded from the corner of the hall. Then, there was applause. Obviously, other colleagues from this employee’s department were congratulating the lucky man.
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