A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Chapter 553 The first day at work

Gui'er was very surprised to hear this. When Dingxiang told her that Erfeng was missing, she thought she was in grave danger. She never thought she could find her. She said, "So that's the case. That's good. Spending time with an old friend might help her condition."

However, Gui'er had no time to lament. Her top priority now was to sneak into the foreign company and get the information about the warehouse at Gonghexiang Wharf.

The next day, Gui'er got up early and Wu Mingqiang drove her to the tram station. She took the tram and reported to Mitsui & Co., where she had successfully interviewed yesterday.

Manager Zhang hasn't come yet, but the other people working in the lobby are already sitting there.

Gui'er felt as if she had returned to the present day, reporting for work for the first time. She walked into the office and said to everyone inside with a smile, "Hello, I'm Wu Gui'er, who successfully interviewed for the female employee position yesterday. Today is my first day here. Thank you for your guidance."

Some of the people inside nodded and smiled, some lowered their heads and drank tea without responding, and some continued to be busy with what they were doing, as if they didn't hear anything.

It seems that the working atmosphere of this foreign company is not much different from that of a modern office, and there are still all the usual intrigues.

Guier smiled inwardly, walked in gracefully, and sat down in an empty seat, planning to wait for Manager Zhang to come and ask him to arrange a seat or assign work tasks. During this time, she could observe other people in the company, and it would be great if she could be of use to them.

"Hey, hey, hey, is this your seat? Just sit down." As soon as she sat down, a sharp female voice sounded from behind her.

Guier turned around and saw a woman in a high-end dress walking in with a handbag. Guier could tell at a glance that her handbag was made of crocodile leather, an imported product. Although a female employee's salary was higher than that of ordinary low-level workers, she definitely could not afford an imported bag that cost hundreds of silver dollars.

Guier quickly stood up, offered the seat, and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, I just got here today and saw that this seat was empty, so I thought no one was sitting there."

She ignored Gui'er and walked straight to the empty seat and sat down.

"Ms. Gu, this is a new female employee. Aren't you going to show her around?" said a square-faced male employee wearing glasses who nodded in response to Gui'er's greeting just now.

"What does it have to do with me? Manager Zhang didn't ask me to bring it." The female employee called Miss Gu said disdainfully.

"Oh, you're here. I just went to get some water. Miss Wu, come and sit next to me."

Another female employee walked in from the door. This woman was wearing a cheongsam, and the material of the cheongsam was rather ordinary, not as good as Guier's particularly low-key cheongsam. She must be of average financial status. She had a round face, a student-like hairstyle, a flat nose, thick lips, and almond-shaped eyes. At first glance, she looked very honest and simple, making people feel particularly amiable.

Gui'er hurried to her side and found that there was a row of tables against the wall. They were smaller than ordinary office desks, and the stools were round stools without backrests. They looked like they were for lower-level employees.

"Thank you very much. I look forward to your guidance in the future. What's your name?" Gui'er asked politely.

"My name is Zhang Liyun, you can just call me Miss Zhang. You look so young, you are in your teens this year?" Zhang Liyun's eyes are quite sharp.

"I just turned 20 this year." Guier said with a smile.

"Judging from your accent, you're not from Shanghai, right? Where did you study?"

"I graduated from Nanjing Jinling Girls' School. I have relatives in Shanghai, so I came here to live with them. Miss Zhang, where are you from?"

"I'm from the suburbs of Shanghai."

Miss Zhang was not telling the truth. She clearly did not have any Shanghainese accent at all. Perhaps she thought Guier had just arrived in Shanghai and could not tell the difference. Guier felt that the personnel structure in this foreign company was quite complicated.

"Ms. Wu, these are the detailed invoices for the goods. You are responsible for calculating them and then checking them against the totals given by the boss to see if there are any errors or omissions."

Zhang Liyun took out a stack of documents and gave it to Guier for calculation. It was not a difficult task. Guier started working hard without saying a word. Before, she worked in Liu's Pharmacy and helped Manager Liu collect money. Calculation and bookkeeping were not difficult for her and she was very good at using an abacus. If she calculated at a normal speed, she should have finished it in two or three times, but she calculated slowly on purpose, pretending to be working seriously while observing the people in the office.

It turns out that most of the men in the office are salesmen, who have to go out to sell goods and maintain customer relationships. The most polite man with glasses is called Zhou Maocai, and he is considered to have the strongest business ability. He is very friendly and seems to get along with everyone in the office. He also manages the other male salesmen.

Miss Gu, who speaks very arrogantly, has been doing her personal things since she entered the foreign company in the morning, eating snacks, dressing up, looking in the mirror, and applying lipstick, but no one seems to have said that she must have a very strong background.

Since Zhang Liyun handed the task over to Guier, she seemed to have nothing to do. When Manager Zhang came, he suddenly urged Guier to do the calculations quickly.

After Guier finished the calculation and told her that it was accurate, she immediately ran to Manager Zhang's office to report to him.

Because Gui'er was sitting not far from Manager Zhang's office, she could hear the conversation inside.

She heard Zhang Liyun run in and said to Manager Zhang in a pinched voice, "Manager Zhang, the report has been calculated and is accurate. There is no problem with the new batch of goods."

"Oh, okay, I see. You can go out first."

Then after several seconds, Zhang Liyun came out slowly.

Gui Er didn't feel angry about her bringing her own work results to report. After all, her purpose of coming here was not to work, but to investigate things. The biggest problem now was how to quickly get the inventory information of Mitsui & Co.'s warehouse at Gonghexiang Wharf.

When it was time for lunch, some people left, some took out their own lunch boxes, and some bought buns and pan-fried dumplings from outside.

Zhang Liyun also took out her lunch box and started eating while sitting at her desk.

Gui'er thought about it and felt that there was no point in getting close to Zhang Liyun, as she was just a low-level minion.

Manager Zhang cannot be contacted for the time being, but Ms. Gu and Zhou Maocai have some ability and background, so they can be contacted.

Having made up her mind, Guier saw Zhou Maocai and Miss Gu walking out, thinking that they must be going out to eat, so she quickly got up and followed them.

Zhou Maocai walked into a shengjian shop in an alley, while Miss Gu walked further, at least for ten minutes, and came to a restaurant with quite nice decoration. It seemed that the owner was indeed a wealthy person.