May 16th, Monday.
Tenda’s new recruitment season had begun.
This was already the second Tenda Unified Recruitment Exam, and the Human Resources Department organizing the recruitment was now experienced, with all work proceeding in an orderly manner.
Currently, they were still in the written exam phase, which would be followed by interviews, onboarding, and the Tenda Spirit test, among other steps.
Wu Bin, wearing a staff badge, watched the new batch of job seekers outside the venue and couldn’t help feeling deeply moved.
Time flies so fast!
Wu Bin recalled that his connection with Tenda could be traced back to last November, when he had wanted to poach Hao Qiong from Shangyang Games. After a series of maneuvers, he ended up being the one eating sour lemons.
So Wu Bin promptly applied for Tenda’s recruitment exam and successfully passed all three rounds to become an official Tenda employee.
After that, he had carried out a series of effective works, the most satisfying of which was summarizing the Tenda Spirit and using it to guide the authors at Endpoint Chinese Web’s training class.
Applying what you’ve learned—that’s probably what this is about, right?
Looking back, in just half a year, his life had undergone earth-shattering changes, and Wu Bin couldn’t help feeling emotional.
This Tenda recruitment exam had many more participants than the previous one.
This was enough to show that within half a year, Tenda’s reputation and scale had grown significantly.
On one hand, there were more industries and positions; on the other hand, the number of applicants for each position had also increased.
A couple was encouraging each other at the entrance to the venue, apparently coming together to take Tenda’s recruitment exam.
“Darling, you can do it! You’ll be fine!”
“Mm, you too. After practicing so many questions, you’ll get in!”
“Once we get into Tenda, we’ll immediately rent a more spacious apartment.”
“Yes, after getting in, we won’t have to work overtime anymore. I’ll cook delicious meals for you every day when we get home!”
“We’ll definitely both get in! Let’s do our best!”
The two encouraged each other before heading to different exam venues.
Such scenes played out continuously. Although most people came alone, many brought their families, giving quite the impression of soldiers going off to war.
The bustling crowd outside the venue reminded Wu Bin of anxious parents waiting outside schools during college entrance exams.
But it made sense—for many people here, Tenda’s recruitment exam probably held significance not much different from the college entrance exam.
A carp leaping through the dragon gate—an instant rise to success.
Wu Bin couldn’t help feeling deeply moved.
For many people, especially locals in Jingzhou, becoming a Tenda employee was a source of pride.
Due to Tenda’s rapid development in Jingzhou, with tentacles gradually extending into various industries, locals could deeply feel the impact.
Outside rumors about Tenda had become increasingly far-fetched.
Some said Tenda’s salaries were extremely high, at least double that of other companies in the same industry.
Some said Tenda’s benefits were excellent, with all kinds of reimbursements, allowances, and bonuses—everything you could think of and even things you couldn’t imagine;
Others said Tenda never required overtime, and employees even considered overtime shameful;
The most mystical claim was that everyone who entered Tenda, regardless of how mediocre their abilities had been before, would undergo a transformative change in a very short time…
Of course, outsiders always remained skeptical about these rumors.
This made Tenda’s true situation more elusive because the rumors were so outrageous that no one could distinguish which parts were true and which were false.
The yearning for Tenda only grew stronger.
Even more people were willing to come from other cities just to secure a good position at Tenda.
Wu Bin knew clearly that these rumors were all true.
It’s just that they defied common sense, so people didn’t dare believe them.
With the spread of the Tenda Spirit, the vast majority of Tenda employees had become accustomed to keeping tight-lipped about Mr. Pei’s true identity and Tenda’s benefits, which further intensified the outside world’s lack of understanding about Tenda.
Mr. Pei was so low-key, so of course, the employees would be even more low-key.
Who would dare to compete with Mr. Pei for credit?
Tenda’s excellent development was at least seventy percent due to Mr. Pei, with others sharing the remaining thirty percent.
Batch after batch of people with different backgrounds and personalities, after tirelessly passing Tenda’s recruitment exam and then receiving unified Tenda Spirit training, gradually integrated into this cultural atmosphere and became members of Tenda.
Wu Bin was just such a case.
It must be said, this was a very interesting experience.
Looking at the bustling crowd, Wu Bin suddenly realized an issue: Tenda’s transformation of the entire city was continuously and imperceptibly occurring.
This transformation was happening on both material and spiritual levels.
On the material level, Tenda constantly recruited employees, provided them with generous salaries, and while solving employment issues, these well-paid employees began to consume more as their livelihoods were secured, stimulating the development of other industries in Jingzhou and advancing the overall economic level.
Meanwhile, the Tenda Group was continuously entering physical industries, from internet cafes and food delivery to the recent fitness centers, constantly changing people’s material lives.
Such an enterprise had a driving effect on the city.
And on the spiritual level, Tenda was also changing everyone’s mental world.
For employees, it cultivated habits of diligent work and enjoying life, dissolving their anxiety and tension, breaking the vicious cycle of workplace involution.
For consumers, Tenda demonstrated a healthier lifestyle through internet cafes, Slackin’ food delivery, fitness centers, and other industries, which was also a positive guidance.
Looking back, Wu Bin realized that the Tenda Group’s influence had already become so profound.
He seemed to understand Mr. Pei’s ultimate goal.
However, given the current situation, this goal still seemed too distant.
The Tenda Group’s influence was currently concentrated in Jingzhou, and although it was expanding to cities like Lin City, its influence was still limited.
Wu Bin guessed this was because Mr. Pei was using Jingzhou as an experimental ground, striving to build an ecological closed-loop in Jingzhou.
If it were other entrepreneurs, they would surely choose to expand Slackin’ Internet Café as a chain across the country, then use that to attract investment, quickly achieve financial freedom, and start enjoying life.
But Mr. Pei had no such intention.
He didn’t care about that money; his goals were more long-term and more challenging.
“So, as members of the Human Resources Department, besides completing our daily work, we should also shoulder the mission of promoting the Tenda Spirit, allowing this spirit to be widely disseminated, not just among Tenda employees, but also among the general public!”
“Let Mr. Pei’s grand vision be better realized!”
Wu Bin suddenly felt his social responsibility clearly for the first time.
Previously, he was just an ordinary HR person, running around to poach people, fire employees, and lower salaries to complete his boss’s tasks.
For his livelihood, he could only think about how to complete his boss’s tasks and requirements, how to make ends meet.
As for social responsibility? That was something too ethereal.
But now, after joining Tenda, Wu Bin was free from worries about food and clothing, his work was going smoothly, and naturally, he had the energy to pursue self-actualization, to do something truly meaningful.
Most importantly, after long-term exposure to Mr. Pei’s Tenda Spirit, he was very eager to share this spirit with others.
Just like when he answered questions for the authors at Endpoint Chinese Web.
Wu Bin felt that he should be an interpreter of the Tenda Spirit; only then would he not disappoint Mr. Pei’s promotion and cultivation of him!
…
Six o’clock in the afternoon.
After finishing today’s recruitment work, Wu Bin ate dinner at a nearby Slackin’ Internet Café and prepared to head to Endpoint Chinese Web’s training class.
During the exam supervision process today, Wu Bin had been thinking about how he should fulfill his mission.
After repeated consideration, Wu Bin decided that he needed to make more annotations for the Tenda Spirit!
Previously, Wu Bin had already summarized some content by interpreting the Tenda Spirit, including three main categories: efficient work and focus on innovation; obey leadership and think independently; balance work and rest with long-term goals.
For a long time, this confidential document had been circulating privately among Tenda employees, strictly forbidden from being spread to internal forums or online.
At the same time, Wu Bin also emphasized a point: this was not a standard textbook, but only a partial interpretation that could be referenced but should not be taken as the only correct answer, much less represent Mr. Pei’s true thoughts.
The interpretation of the Tenda Spirit could only approach Mr. Pei’s vision indefinitely and never assume this was the entirety of the Tenda Spirit, and stop there.
Now, Wu Bin felt he should go a step further because the objective environment had changed.
For those newly recruited employees, even if they saw these annotations of the Tenda Spirit, it would be difficult for them to fully understand and internalize them.
Because compared to veteran employees, they lacked the experience of working with Mr. Pei, and in the future, they would likely have few opportunities to gain such experience.
After all, as the Tenda Group expanded into more industries, Mr. Pei had more and more daily affairs to handle, and obviously, only department heads could have the chance to speak with him.
Most new employees would never have the opportunity to speak with Mr. Pei, nor would they know what specific decisions he had made, so how could they interpret Mr. Pei’s spirit?
Therefore, Wu Bin felt that to solve this problem, he must make more annotations for the Tenda Spirit.
The specific method was to record Mr. Pei’s words and deeds, document them, so that newcomers could refer to the content of the Tenda Spirit and combine it with Mr. Pei’s specific words and actions to gain more accurate insights.
It was like learning English vocabulary—you need example sentences to better understand.
But Wu Bin felt his writing skills were insufficient.
If it were just summarizing a few key phrases, that would be fine, but to make the stories vivid, illustrative, authentic, and not appear preachy, to avoid any resistance, required certain techniques.
So Wu Bin decided to visit the web novel author training class.
After all, Wu Bin had previously guided many authors with the Tenda Spirit, so some authors should be willing to work with him to complete this great undertaking, right?
For instance, Cui Geng, who had been inspired by the Tenda Spirit to write “The Butterfly Game,” seemed quite suitable.