Episode 7 recap: An Zhiqiao collected the house payment, and Lin Tuo was officially converted as scheduled.
Lin Tuo couldn't take it anymore. He ran to the rooftop and shouted to vent his frustration. Qian Hong saw him and came over to tell him that this kind of grievance is nothing. Everyone in the workplace has to go through it. Qian Hong also told Lin Tuo that he was brought in because of Wei Haiyang's intention. Lin Tuo was surprised to hear this. Initially, the company only recruited three designers, but they received over a thousand resumes. Wei Haiyang was taking a long time to make a decision, and both Qian Hong and the personnel department's Xiao Bo urged him to make a decision quickly.
Wei Haiyang carefully reviewed the paper resumes and found Lin Tuo's graduation design, which was the rocking chair he made for his grandfather. Wei Haiyang made a final decision and said it was him because the chair had emotional significance. Lin Tuo felt encouraged and started taking his work seriously. Wei Haiyang also noticed Lin Tuo's changes. He noticed that Lin Tuo stayed late after work, arrived earlier than other colleagues in the morning, and organized all the files of Design Team 3, sorting them out by time and categorizing them. Wei Haiyang was very satisfied when he saw it.
He Xin Di sold the biscuits and telecommunications products made by An Zhiqiao in the live broadcast room, and unexpectedly, they were well received. Now she was busy with it, and after a hurried conversation with Lin Tuo, she resumed her work. Lin Tuo didn't want to keep living at Chen Guangpu's place all the time. After all, it was inconvenient for him and An Zhiqiao to be in a relationship, and Chen Guangpu also wanted to date someone. So he started looking for a house through an agency.
An Zhiqiao took her father for a reexamination and, except for slightly high blood pressure, everything else was fine. In the evening, everyone gathered at An Zhiqiao's house for dinner. At this time, An Zhiqiao received a notice asking her to bring the documents to handle the return of the house payment. Everyone was happy to hear this. Since Lin Tuo and An's father would go to work the next day, An Zhiqiao decided to go and collect the money herself. Wei Haiyang's attitude towards Lin Tuo finally changed, and he made an exception to let him participate in the company's internal investment meeting.
The meeting was presided over by Director Qian Hong, and she straightforwardly told everyone to express their thoughts honestly during the meeting and not to flatter each other. After several senior designers spoke, Qian Hong specifically called on Lin Tuo to speak. When Lin Tuo stood up, he didn't know how to speak until Wei Haiyang asked him to speak, and then he began to speak. Lin Tuo was still a newcomer and didn't know how to beat around the bush. He evaluated the works of other design teams from both positive and negative aspects. After listening to his speech, everyone fell silent. According to his explanation, this design proposal was likely to be rejected.
Director Qian Hong affirmed Lin Tuo's speech, stating that his insights were aligned with her own. After the meeting, Han, the director in charge of this proposal, coldly confronted Wei Haiyang, saying that if he had something to say, he should say it face-to-face and not use a newcomer as a scapegoat. Lin Tuo realized that he had caused trouble. He went to apologize to Wei Haiyang, who remained cold and distant. Lin Tuo felt increasingly anxious.
An Zhiqiao received the recovered house payment, a whole 800,000 yuan, which made her extremely excited. Lin Tuo was also happy for her but worried because he had offended the director and might not get regularized. An Zhiqiao comforted him, saying that speaking the truth shouldn't lead to such discouragement, and if the company would be so discouraging, then it wasn't worth staying there. They could always start their own bakery instead.
They went to look at houses together. Now that An Zhiqiao had money, she wanted to tidy up the small house that Lin Tuo rented. An Zhiqiao discussed with her father that next time they wouldn't buy a house under construction, and a second-hand house would be fine. Her father suggested not buying another house, as it would put too much pressure on An Zhiqiao. They would both have to work for the bank their whole lives.
In the future, when An Zhiqiao and Lin Tuo get married and move out, this small house would be enough for him. He suggested that An Zhiqiao use the money to invest in a small shop and do what she loves. If successful, they would become wealthy. Lin Tuo was busy when Xiao Bo from the personnel department came to inform him that he could complete the formalities because he was being regularized. Lin Tuo was ecstatic and repeatedly thanked Xiao Bo.
Lin Tuo brought his official employee badge to express gratitude to Wei Haiyang. He thanked him for signing his regularization documents and thought that his speech at the last meeting had upset Wei. Wei Haiyang said that a designer who doesn't even dare to speak the truth shouldn't stay in the company. Now that Lin Tuo was regularized, he should focus on doing the work of a designer. Next time, he would have to present a design proposal for discussion at the meeting.
Lin Tuo was overjoyed to hear this. An Zhiqiao treated everyone to a meal with the house payment. Chen Guangpu suddenly received a call from his parents saying they had returned, so he hurriedly went back home. His parents were angry to see him not focusing on his work.
I think Lin Tuo's father definitely had good intentions. Both of his parents work in the hospital, so naturally, he wants his child to pursue a medical-related profession. Resources are important, and having access to them can make the next generation's career and future much smoother.
However, his approach to guiding and communicating with his child was flawed, lacking in effective communication and understanding. (I have also once chosen a university major based on personal preference, but later regretted it.)