After reading the many posts by brudders here which I thoroughly enjoyed, I often feel that it is only fair for me to contribute to this community.
Last nite, I watched the Taiwanese serial “Tornado” … the sequence at a point in the episode prompted me to write this post. This is what happened in the serial for those bro who did not watch it. The CEO has a damn chio SYT secretary. He was the one who promoted her from receptionist to be her personal secretary. Last night, the CEO commented her for doing well in her new role and taking the initiatives for taking up french classes to further herself. He then offered to send her to France to further her studies with full sponsorship of tuition fees inclding full salary. Sounds like a good boss huh ?
But .. then he further says he will personally pay her a living allowances, and will visit her from time to time …. in return she must show her ‘gratitude’ to him ….. (the rest I supposed I dun need to say further) ….
This suddenly sparks an image in my head, and bring back sweet memories ….
I had never been a straight As student or a scholar … but I did graduate from a top named elite school in Singapore. I often envy my scholar friends whom hv landed themselves with a scholarship in an Ivy-league college … whilst I have to content myself with a degree and subsequently a master from NUS. But I earnestly believed that a strong EQ compensates for a lower IQ. Through sheer hardship and perseverence .. the willingness to slog and do things that others shunned … I have the luck and honour to be given the best opportunity and earned good promotional prospects and recognitions from all my past bosses.
I will like to share my experience and true life story of how I feel that power and influence gets you to places …..
I hope brudders here will like my story … support me, give me encouragement so that I will post my life story
Sypnosis :
Chapter 1 : my first time
Chapter 2 : why secretary are so important
Chapter 3 : you can always ‘bang’ … oops I mean bank on a good supportive banker
Chapter 4 : have your life secured by a reliable insurance agent
and many more
Bro. pls support leh ….
Pls continue. Would like you to elaborate more on your power first TS.
If you vie for power, all you get is fame and reputation. But in the end you get nothing…….
放下屠刀,立地成佛
南无那啰谨墀
Let me begin with …
Chapter 1 : My first time
Haha … I dont mean my first time that I loss my virginity … I lost it mutually to my first girlfren when I was in JC
The story goes back to about 15 years ago.
After graduation, I got myself into one of the most prestigious professionl firm in Singapore. After struggling for 4 years in it .. I left it to join a local MNC. Not so big when I joined … but in the years thereafter it became a household name and became the ‘darling’ of the stock market that had made many people rich, some filthy rich. I was fortunate to be one of the early starters with them and had benefited in return for my hardwork and loyalty to them.
I was then in my mid twenties, when in that fateful day my big boss (CEO) called me to his office. I was with them for just 6 months, but had been recently promoted for my contributions to the company. So I thought he probably want to say some encouraging words to me and that’s all.
But to my surprise, he explained to me that the company is undergoing its explosive expansion with support from their parent (GLC) company and has just acquired a piece of factory land in the world’s next powerhouse, and what he needs now is local talent to help him in the expansion … wow, I said to myself … me ?? as I wondered how my OTA scholar friends are getting along.
He offered me the life changing opportunity, a big promotion and a big pay rise and the power and influence …
But …. and luckily …
He did not say he will visit me from time to time … nor did he say he will be paying for my living expenses …. (hahaha .. pun intended … and he is certainly no gay and not short of woman, as gossips in the office was going rampantly about his affair with his secretary) … phew, I sighed with relief !
As a young guy, being presented with such a once-in-a-lifetime golden opportunity, thrown in with so much financial incentives is certainly not me who can refuse … though I know it will be a damn demanding role .. and if I screw it up, I will screw myself and my future
But with little thought, I accepted it confidently ….. Obviously my peers and even my boss were jealoused, but anyhow they still congratulate me and pledge their support to me
On boxing day 26 December 1994 … I landed on Mainland … in Shenzhen City .. the first city in China to be tested under the ‘Open China Policy’ … the land where opportunity and money abounds …
But as expected, life never is a bed of roses, cos roses have thorns … but what happens in the next few months, and years thereon were sweeter than roses, even though I had my back scratched countless times …..
(Chapter 1 … to be continued …)
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naturegreen
Pls continue. Would like you to elaborate more on your power first TS.
If you vie for power, all you get is fame and reputation. But in the end you get nothing…….
放下屠刀,立地成佛
南无那啰谨墀
Thanks for your support, Naturegreen … just posted part of Chapter 1 but to be continued. Let me finish a short report quickly for London before their opening and will complete the rest of the chapter ….
Hi bro hcwt1128
Please continue. It’s quite enlightening to read such stories for someone who has spent most of my career working only within the shores of SG and only infrequent business trips of short durations (2 weeks max) out of SG.
Looking forward to your next instalment! :-)
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Originally Posted by
naturegreen
Pls continue. Would like you to elaborate more on your power first TS.
If you vie for power, all you get is fame and reputation. But in the end you get nothing…….
放下屠刀,立地成佛
南无那啰谨墀
Actually, bro, power gets you EVERYTHING except True Unconditional Love.
It’s a fucking (literally) drug. The more you have, the more you covet. There are many politicians around the world who just wouldn’t retire because of the power.
Some THINK they can retire but came crawling back just to lick for a little taste of Power’s balls.
Some, with their power, created redundant positions that would allow them to retain a certain amount of control and basically squeeze their lives’ worth of power.
Some created dynasties within the structure of a republic/socialist system so that their families retain the power.
There’s no denying the advantages (and pitfalls) of Power. Confirm got a lot of enemies and competitors. Have to wear a smiley face mask and bulletproof vest for the rest of my life. Too high a price for me to pay.
Sorry guys .. Again the ang mohs failed to remember they are 8 hrs behind our time and had to call to discuss an apparently simple report
Lets continue with the story :
Chapter 1 : My First Time – First Impression
As mentioned, life is never a bed of roses for me. I have to work hard to get what I want in life. The weeks and months after I arrived, life has been hectic with problems after problems, issues after issues. After more than 3 months, the line could still not be commissioned due to lack of foreign talents. I approached HQ for help, and very quickly they dispatch an engineering manager over to help me out.
Now allow me to introduce a character into the story. Let’s call him M (since he is a Malaysian). When M reached the factory he came to see me. At first instance, I don’t feel I like this guy … looks the pai gia and guai lan type. So I asked the local factory manager to brief him about the problem and whisked him off to the factory floor.
But M proves to be a diligent and a great help. He works hard and managed to guide the local engineers to solve the key issues and the line was soon ready for commissioning in about a week. On a Friday afternoon, my factory manager came scurrily to my office and advised me that the line is ready for the first production. I put on my anti-static gear and followed him to the factory. Intense was feeling the air, as if a 1st time father waiting for the baby to be delivered. After about 30 mins, I was at the end of the line … the first product was finally produced and it passed FQA … after more than 3 months of working so damn hard to hire staff, bring in equipment and raw materials, seek custom clearance. Finally, my handsome little ‘baby’ was borned.
I walked towards M, shook his hand and says thank you to him.
Soon after, M and me became good pals and buddy.
The week thereafter, we had to work even harder as we are behind schedule.
As most executives do … whatever we do wrong we always shout a 5-letter work “STRESS”. And also as most executives will do … we need to find a way to de-stress ourselves.
We dinnered most days together and start exploring the small city (or shld I say village). It was with sheer luck one day, after dinner, when I was in the MPV (driven by my company’s driver assigned to me), we drove past a dull building but with a brightly litted outfit at the corner. It stared and yelled at me “BLACK JAGUAR DISCO” …. Hmmm, I thought to myself, and then poked M who is seated on my right. His eyes also lit up .. We discovered Nirvana !!
Over the next few days we were busy again, and worked till late.
But on a Friday nite, I feel that he had done a good job and should reward ourselves, as the first shipment had cleared custom and is on its way to US (via HK).
I asked my secretary to look for M. M came into my office, and I said “Fren .. we need to reward ourselves tonite. Let’s go for a good dinner and then find a place to drink to our hearts content. M jumped to the idea and blurted should we go to “Black Jaguar” ? I smiled, and replied : “Sure my fren, it will be my treat”.
Dinner was faster than fast food, as we gobbled our food so that we can fill our stomach for the main course .. Booze !
The place was crowded, many people crowding at the door … Shit ! I thought, dun tell me here(China) also so hot and is full. I approached the counter and says we wants to get in. The receptionist cockily says in mandarin “Cover Charge : RMB80 each”. I smuckly replied her .. you mean RMB 80 for a drink ? I want a bottle !!
Her face changed immediately and signaled to a waitress standing at the door to usher us in. This waitress is not bad looking … and the slit on her cheongsam is to about mid-thigh … yummy !
She got us a nice table away from the dance floor (as per my request). She asked what we will like to have. I asked if she has Chivas, and added I mean a Chivas 21yrs old, not the usual 12yrs old. She looks astonished, says she will check and soon returned with a big smile on her face. She said have but added she not sure at first, becos it is “高档” and she never opened before. She whispered it will be RMB1800 and I said ok, and I could see she could not contained her happiness anymore.
RMB1800 is equivalent to more than SGD300 then, but in China where at that time, my factory manager is only paid just slightly more than RMB3000 a month, and a normal waitress like her will most probably just earn about RMB500 … that’s a lot of money. And I supposed she do get a commission for my order.
The Chivas came .. and we drank heartily and chatted about family, work, colleagues, cursed at out respective bosses etc etc.
Suddenly we heard some giggling nearby and I looked in the direction it came from. Sitting near to us on another table, was a group of 3 gals. 2 of them “doable” and the other only “doable” if she and me gets stranded on an island and there are no other living things on it. But what soon caught my eyes was a pretty and sweet girl amongst them ….
Let me call her “Rose”. (I will explain why later in my story)
Rose is young, probably in her late tens or at most twenties. She was wearing a silver chiffon dress with the hemline to her mid thigh. She was sitting, partially in my direction. Though the disco is dimly lighted but through the candle reflections I could see clearly her silky semi exposed thigh …
At this time, M also noticed the ‘find’. He hastily pulled his chair besides me, as from my angle it has a better view. I lit up my cigarette and enjoy the wonderful sight as Rose crosses and uncrosses her legs each time they giggle and laugh.
M being the impatient and ‘hard-up’ guy whispered to me and asked if we should approach them. And me, being Mr Coolman, replied .. “Mai Gan jiong”. We continued to talk between us, but glanced regularly towards “Rose".
Occasionally, I noticed Rose also looked in our direction, but as I learned from the book “The Art of Flirtations”, each time our eyes meet, I only allowed it to cross in a split second and will look elsewhere and returning instantly to look at her again. Those watery eyes, reflecting the disco lights and candle reflections simply took my breathe away ….
Soon, the DJ began to spin the then No.1 mandarin hit in China. The crowd cheered and many moved towards the dance floor. Rose’s friend also soon stood up and walked towards the dance floor and turned back to Rose and gestured for her to join them.
Now, I turned to M .. let’s go and dance. He looks shocked and wobbled out “what! You and me ?” … “Yeah ! I said, ubberdan ?” By the time we reached the dance floor, Rose and her friends are already in the middle, but we could only find a place to stand near the side of it .. about 10m away from them. To avoid the awkardness, we both dance in the same direction facing the general crowd. But with God’s blessing very soon, the crowd receded, and we managed to move forward towards the goal post.
As I was dancing and making my moves, I swayed my body, turned around and moved one step over to face “P” (she is the other “doable” one). I smiled at her and asked if she mind me dancing with her. She shyly looked towards Rose and “U” (the Ugly one), but without waiting any response, she stepped forward and smiled at me. This is one of Sun Tze’s strategy “声东击西” ….
The next 15 mins seems like eternity, as obviously “P” is not my ‘cai’. She is just a decoy. But we managed to have some conversations by getting even closer to each other at times, our face touched each other and we whispered into each ones ears. Good thing, she says she is thirsty and needed a drink. Without further ado, I replied “Me too” .. and we respectively returned to our own table. I really didn’t care to notice what M was doing after I suddenly turned away from him … but that is not what I really care at that time … unless the damn machine stops again.
In my conversation with “P”, I managed to know that P, Rose and U are classmates and they do not come to this place often. Too expensive she said. But I discovered that today, they are here for a reason … its Rose birthday !! BINGO !!
Mentally, I flipped through the 80 pages of “Art of Flirtations” to see what I can do next. I need to act fast. I suddenly remembered the key word “IMPRESS”. At the same time, I saw the cute waitress walking past me, and I reached out and grabbed her. She turned to me, smiled and ask me what else she can bring me. I asked her if she knows the gals on the next table, she replied “NO”, but she was also the one who brought them in and they had booked it for a birthday celebration. I quickly asked if they have brought a cake .. and shucks she said “Yes”. But my quick thinking leads me to think they probably wont have enough booze as I see they are still on their first drink seeping slowly. I then asked if they carry champagne … MOET, I mean. Again she has to check and returned with a big smile.
I ordered a bottle of MOET and asked the waitress to bring it to them, when they ask for their cake. At the same time, I slide a RMB50 bill into her palm together with my scribbled “祝你生日快乐
” on the back of namecard. She nodded signaling she knows what to do.
It seems like another 10 years, before U signaled the waitress and asked for their cake. The waitress probably waited like 5 years to return my favour, and returned with the cake and the champagne. The gals were taken aback, but the waitress smilingly spoke to Rose and they looked at my direction. I raised my whisky glass, smiled at Rose and whispered silently “生日快乐”. She smiled back and the gals then locked their heads to discuss what they should do …
Rose uncrossed her legs … I swear that if the lights are brighter I would be able to see the colour of her thongs. She stood up and walked towards my table holding my name card with both hands ….
She smiled and says she can’t accept the bottle as they don’t even know me. I pointed to the card she is holding and said “Now you already know me” and elaborate that I know through P that she is celebrating birthday which reminds me how I just celebrated my birthday a week earlier … all alone. So I told her, its my way to celebrate hers and mine belated birthday, as long as she is happy I will be. She laughed out and teasingly said … so I also hv to wish you “生日快乐” yeh, and then on the pretext that since the bottle is from me, and they are not good drinkers, why don’t me and the ‘forgotten’ M join them as well.
I graciously replied “Its my honour”, stood up, signaled to M and joined them.
As we were walking, M slapped my back, and said “KNN .. don’t know u so solid”. “Ubberdan” I replied beeming.
I asked for a chair and sat besides Rose whilst M obviously chose to sit besides P. Being a gentleman here to impress, I held conversations with all of them and also joked with U many times … we all had a happy time.
Very soon it is late .. around 2.30am. We had long finished the champagne and almost the Chivas. I suggested that we are all hungry and proposed supper. They all readily agreed. I signaled to the waitress and asked for the bill. The bill came, it is close to RMB3000. I took out a wad of cash in RMB100 bills and counted 30 and says keep the change. (back then, it is not easy to get a local credit card, especially as an ‘alien’ in their language and most establishments also do not accept foreign credit cards.)
Both M and I need to take a leak and to freshen up after the drinks. By the time we are out, the gals are discussing amongst themselves how they should split into 2 taxis, who shld follow M and who shld follow me. But by that time I had already paged for my driver, and he arrives in the USD50k MPV …. Impressed again !
During supper, we continued to chat merrily and off cos, we exchanged pager nos.
[ Bro at that time handphone is the ETAC water bottle and costs more than RMB10000 for one. We have 2 in the company, but I hardly carried it after work unless I planned to have crab for a meal. If there is a problem in office, my driver always knows where to find me. Also, carrying a handphone is asking for trouble as it will allows my wife to call me ]
After supper, I dropped them and M off one at a time, based on traffic planning by my driver. But coincidentally (as if planned) Rose was the last I dropped off. Upon reaching her place, I got down with her, and walked her to the foot of her stairway. She stays on 3rd floor she says … and I also told her me too (which is true lah)
I got back to my apartment, took a hot shower bath, and wanked myself off with Rose filling my mind. Got myself another couple of beer as the alcohol earlier has begun to lose effect … I was just too excited to sleep.
Saturday morning came, and the KNN M buzzed my doorbell at around noon. Nah beh I sweared who the fuck is it. I opened the door and saw M. Excitedly he told me, he paged P and managed to fix up meeting the gals tonite. This guy is really damn hopeless … don’t know how to play slow and steady. Ok lah I said … hungry lets go for lunch, and then I want to come back to sleep again.
Got home at about 3pm, and my pager beeped. There is a message “D 总，今晚你也会跟我们一起是吗？”. For this time I agreed why handphone is such a great invention, as I will be able to called her back immediately. But the following exchange of messages has to be relayed to the call station and I never get the chance to see if the operator has relayed my message correctly. But in essence, I told her I still have work to do in office (which actually mean sleep) and also I think I have a headache. She last replied “Ok lah, if you are joining please let me know. See you tonite”.
I fell asleep until awaken by my pager again. This time the translated message was “Have you completed your work? Are you feeling better?”. I replied “Sorry, still headache, cannot join you, you have fun”.
After an hour later my pager beep again … “have you eaten yet” … which I reply “No .. but I don’t want to go out … maybe I will cook myself”. A few further messages exchanges followed and I have her coming to my place. JACKPOT !!!
(to be continued …. It is late for me …. hv to sleep … meeting a headhunter tomorrow morning )
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kenneth38
haha fucking awesome story.
Pls do continue and wish you good luck with headhunter tomorrow bro.
Thank you BroKenny38
I would love to go into the steamy section … but unfortunately I have a very heavy day. Still in office as of now 3am (Friday).
Will surely try find time to continue my post later today.
[ aiyah
.. meeting did not go too well … their client ‘ai qi ai pi gor ai dua liap ni’ … where got this kind of market … even GL also got 80/120/150 mah ]
Also thank you to all the other brothers for your support … this gives me the confidence and motivation to continue … please keep a look out on this post. Thanks
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hcwt1128
Also thank you to all the other brothers for your support … this gives me the confidence and motivation to continue … please keep a look out on this post. Thanks
Most time i skip the ‘boring’ part and first time i read through
without realising, just like M&B story.