you have such a visibility to top management - it is very good and you should have a wonderful future in the company!
However, “縣官不如現管”，your direct boss is one of most important person now and you need to be careful to deal with. First, I feel you are overlooked him since you got some publicity; Second, I feel you did not show enough respect to him (did you buy a special gift for him when you coming back from China? how can you ignor if you did not do). His complain is right and legit, and you should say to your boss, "I think you are absolutely right and I will ask your permission to help others" " I will talk with big boss and let him contact you for my work hours in the future, etc.". My colleagues like to joke around to people made similar mistakes (ignoring direct boss), "who is your daddy?" (no offense, they call the boss "daddy"). they are very smart to know how to deal with different people, espeically the direct boss who evaluate their performance at the year end.
However, “縣官不如現管”，your direct boss is one of most important person now and you need to be careful to deal with. First, I feel you are overlooked him since you got some publicity; Second, I feel you did not show enough respect to him (did you buy a special gift for him when you coming back from China? how can you ignor if you did not do). His complain is right and legit, and you should say to your boss, "I think you are absolutely right and I will ask your permission to help others" " I will talk with big boss and let him contact you for my work hours in the future, etc.". My colleagues like to joke around to people made similar mistakes (ignoring direct boss), "who is your daddy?" (no offense, they call the boss "daddy"). they are very smart to know how to deal with different people, espeically the direct boss who evaluate their performance at the year end.
