Chapter 79: Postgraduate Study Ruined (12)
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In the huge living room, only Huo Jun's voice could be heard.
Both Mr. Zhou and Zhou Ziqian were frightened by him.
"They broke up with you, but you still pestered them and even tried to get them their internship. This matter can be a big deal or a small one. If you don't handle it well, it will be abuse of power for personal gain, and the credibility of the entire group will plummet to the bottom."
"If you bring the group down, can you take over the group and bring it back to life? Or can you create a new group right away?"
"Zhou Ziqian, can you use your brain before you do anything? You are twenty years old, not a two-year-old child..."
At this time, Mr. Zhou cleared his throat and interrupted him: "Okay, I know it's not easy for you, but what you said is too much."
Huo Jun folded his hands, leaned on the sofa, and closed his eyes to rest.
He really looks like a president who is pissed off by a naughty kid.
He worked tirelessly for the group, supported the Zhou family, and was also responsible for taking care of the aftermath of the naughty child.
He works so hard!
Mr. Zhou said, "Huo Jun, I know you've been working hard recently. Those who are capable should do more work. Don't be so angry. Ziqian is still young. You can teach him slowly."
He turned to look at Zhou Ziqian, his face stern: "You too, if you're in a relationship, you should just have a good relationship, what are you doing? Are you going to cheat on someone? You were tired of playing around, and you could have just paid some money to break up, but now you've handed the evidence to someone, what do you want?"
"I..." Zhou Ziqian paused.
That's not right. He clearly came here to seek support from grandpa and teach Huo Jun a lesson.
How come it's Huo Jun who is criticizing him now?
Mr. Zhou said, "If you don't like him anymore, just give him some money and ask him not to tell anyone about this. You are still dragging your feet. What do you want to do?"
Zhou Ziqian said: "I..."
How could Zhou Ziqian have the nerve to say that he wanted to reconcile with Xia Shu?
Isn't this too embarrassing?
So he also tacitly agreed with his grandfather's statement: "I just feel a little unwilling that he dumped me..."
Huo Jun added: "Nonsense, if you had eaten him up and dumped him, he would have contacted the media a long time ago. It's because he was the one who dumped you that he felt balanced and didn't expose you right away."
That makes a lot of sense.
The villain system was amazed: "Too amazing, this bluffing technique is not even available to the original villain."
Mr. Zhou took a look at Zhou Ziqian and made a decision: "That Xia, give him the internship position. We also need to give him some extra money, saying it's a little gift from our Zhou family. Ziqian is still young, so please bear with him."
Huo Jun looked at him expressionlessly.
Mr. Zhou was just pretending to be angry. To be honest, he was definitely on Zhou Ziqian's side.
Zhou Ziqian is one year older than Xia Shu, and he can still say such things as "you are still young".
Mr. Zhou waved his hand and said, "Just give him 500,000 yuan. If he is willing to keep his mouth shut, that would be the best. If he takes the money and rumors spread, sue him for extortion and let the lawyer go with you to deliver the money."
The villain system was shocked: "This family is more vicious than you, the big villain."
Mr. Zhou continued, "As for the paparazzi who took the photo, give him some more money so he can keep his mouth shut. They are in this business and they know the rules better."
"Also..." He looked at Zhou Ziqian, "Don't always hang out with your bunch of bad friends. Do you think they really want to play with you? They sold you out and you don't even know it."
"Also, be careful when you go out to play next time. If you leave a name of 'playboy' outside, people will only say that you are romantic and that rich people are like that, they won't say anything else. If you leave a name of 'emotional cheater' and 'scumbag' outside, what will you do in the future?"
"I don't need to teach you these things. You should know them by yourself."
Zhou Ziqian said: "At that time I was just..."
Grandpa Zhou said, "She's a pure little white flower. Grandpa knows. When I was young, I was also fascinated by college students. In fact, they are all the same when the lights are turned off. What's there to be concerned about?"
This family is rotten.
As he was talking, he actually started to share his experience in playing with other people's emotions.
It's absolutely disgusting.
Huo Jun didn't want to listen any more, so he stood up and prepared to leave.
"Hey! Xiao Huo!" Old Master Zhou called him, "How much did you spend on buying photos from the paparazzi? Bring them back and I'll reimburse you."
This is certainly not because I feel sorry for the money Huo Jun spent.
But Mr. Zhou was suspicious and wanted to see if this paparazzi really existed.
"And the photo negatives, take them back too."
"Don't be too special to that Xia something, or he might get too aggressive and keep relying on our Zhou family."
Huo Jun turned around, straightened his sleeves, and replied, "Got it."
Just as he was about to leave, he was stopped again.
"And..." Old Master Zhou stared at him intently with his cloudy eyes, "Let Ziqian come to the company to do something during the summer vacation. Just be a project manager. This can be considered as a punishment for his mischief."
Project manager? Punish him for making trouble?
How are these two words connected?
Huo Jun's face darkened and he nodded slightly: "Okay, I'll arrange it."
Mr. Zhou curled his lips and began to mutter: "After all, the group still belongs to the Zhou family, and Ziqian should inherit it in the future. Everyone made mistakes when they were young, and they will correct them in the future..."
Mr. Zhou was still on guard against him and protected his grandson.
Huo Jun bowed slightly, turned and walked out of the living room, preparing to go back to his home.
The villain system was amazed today: "This family is really..."
Huo Jun got in the car and said calmly, "Your outlook on life has become much more normal recently."
"Really?" The villain system was flattered. "I don't even feel anything myself, is that true?"
Huo Jun started the car: "If it was the first world, you would definitely scream."
The villain system thought for a moment and said, "How dare you go against the protagonist? The protagonist will 'chase his wife to the crematorium' in the future. You should follow the plot!"
"Yes, that's it."
"Maybe because I have recorded more and more samples, these data will also affect my thinking."
"Um."
The villain system itself didn't feel anything and tried to mobilize the database.
"The contrast is obvious. In the previous database, the keywords for 'the best top in the world' were: wealthy family, power, sexual tension, and forced love."
"Now the keywords for 'the best attack in the world' have been expanded to include: self-attack strategy, small cakes, and peeling shrimps."
"Now that you have learned how to drive, I should also enrich my database."
Huo Jun was driving when a special alert tone suddenly rang on his cell phone.
He pulled over to the side of the road and took a look at his phone.
Zhu Qingqing: [Is Mr. Huo okay? ]
Huo Jun replied: [I'm fine, I'm ready to go back]
Zhu Qingqing: [Then Mr. Huo, please be safe]
【good】
Huo Jun waited for a few minutes, but when there was no reply from Zhu Qingchen, he put down his phone and continued driving.
The villain system whispered: "To be honest, I was looking forward to you and Zhu Qingchen recognizing each other, but it's a pity that the control center doesn't allow you to reveal your identity." Huo Jun said lightly: "One day, I will tear the control center apart."
On the other side, Zhu Qingchen put down his mobile phone, hugged the pillow, fell on the sofa, and continued watching cartoons.
The system lay down beside him and watched with him.
Suddenly, Zhu Qingchen said, "I remember you told me in the last world that when you were besieged by the Heavenly Dao, you saw another red system."
“Yes.” The system responded, “I asked whose system it was, but it refused to speak, as if it had no voice plug-in installed.”
Zhu Qingchen asked again: "Whose system did you suspect it was?"
"It belongs to Demon Lord Changyuan." The system said, "If it belonged to your two disciples, they would have been unable to hold the door open and would have told you eagerly; if it belonged to the protagonist, there would be no reason for the Heavenly Dao to trap it."
"Yeah." Zhu Qingchen nodded, "That makes sense."
"Why are you asking this all of a sudden? I was just worried that you'd get hurt, so I told you. Now the world has changed, and everyone is gone."
Zhu Qingchen hugged the round pillow and thought for a while: "Do you think it is possible that there is a tasker with a system who has been following us?"
The system did not hesitate: "Impossible, absolutely impossible."
"Why?"
"The control center has a rule that taskers are randomly selected to enter each small world. It is normal to encounter a collision in three thousand small worlds, but it is absolutely impossible to encounter collisions several times in a row."
"Well, is that so?" Zhu Qingchen thought for a moment, "But I always feel like there's something weird."
"That's right." The system analyzed it for a while, "The Huo Jun in this world is a little strange to you, a little too familiar. If he wants to join forces with you to deal with Zhou Ziqian, he didn't let you show up much..."
"Really?" Zhu Qingchen clutched the pillow in his hand.
"I understand!" The system suddenly raised its electronic screen.
"What do you know?"
"He must be attracted to you! Oh, our minister's charm is unstoppable!"
“…”
Zhu Qingchen covered his face with a pillow. He didn't want to talk to a system that had no analytical ability at all.
But the system still wanted to get close to him: "Think about it carefully, you really are 'crazy villain's physique', "Being targeted by the villain in every world", "The villain sniper killer - Zhu Chenchen"."
Zhu Qingchen had a complicated expression: ???
It's saying some gibberish.
I'm becoming more and more love-brained.
They are all villains...
Zhu Qingchen didn't know what he was thinking about, and his eyebrows suddenly jumped.
They are all villains.
*
Three days later, the intern interview.
Xia Shu's father personally drove a taxi and took Xia Shu to the downstairs of Zhou Group.
Xia Shu was wearing a neatly ironed white shirt and black trousers today, and she had also styled her hair to look like an adult.
All of them were prepared by his family.
His mother brought his shirt and trousers to the hotel and ironed them neatly using the hotel's high-end ironing machine. Xia Chi styled his hair by looking at screenshots from TV dramas.
In order to adapt to the environment of the large group, Xia's father also dressed neatly, with his work badge in place, and the few remaining hairs on his head clearly visible, looking as serious as the exclusive driver of a large group.
It doesn’t matter whether she is selected or not. The main thing is that this is Xia Shu’s first time to interview in a large group, and she wants to leave a good memory.
Father Xia lowered the car window and said to Xia Shu, "After the interview, call dad and he will come pick you up."
Xia Shu said hurriedly: "No need, I can take the bus back by myself..."
"Yes, Dad is doing some work nearby, so he won't have to drive too far." Father Xia said, "If there is still time, we can go home for dinner. Mom and Xiaochi have prepared delicious food at home."
"Okay." Xia Shu smiled, "Then I'll go in first. I'll do my best."
"It's okay, just treat it as an exercise." Father Xia said with a smile, "I've asked my colleagues, and they all said that internships usually start in the third year of college. You're only a sophomore now, so there's no need to rush."
"Um."
Father Xia thought for a moment and lowered his voice again: "If that Zhou guy bullies you again, just tell dad that you don't want to work here anymore, don't want to work part-time during the summer vacation, and it's the same if you go home and play with your brother."
"I understand." Xia Shu nodded, "Don't worry."
"Remember to thank Teacher Zhu. Teacher Zhu has helped us a lot."
You can't park here all the time, so Father Xia gave him a few more instructions and left.
Xia Shu carried the briefcase his brother had spent a huge amount of money to buy for him, walked to the side of the road, waited for other classmates to come over, and took out the booklet he had prepared to familiarize himself with the interview process.
Not long after, Zhu Qingchen came rumbling over from not far away on a shared electric scooter.
Zhu Qingchen parked the car at the parking spot: "Xia Shu, so early?" "I arrived a little early." Xia Shu smiled shyly, "The teacher is here early too."
"Yeah." Zhu Qingchen took off his helmet and asked casually, "Zhou Ziqian didn't bother you again, did he?"
"No." Xia Shu shook her head. "Thank you, teacher. Otherwise, I might not have had the chance..."
"Don't talk nonsense." Zhu Qingchen looked at him seriously, "You fought for this with your own strength. I just helped maintain order."
Xia Shu didn't say anything else.
But he knew in his heart that without Teacher Zhu, he would not be able to get the interview.
Zhu Qingchen locked the car and wanted to pat him on the shoulder, but suddenly realized that he was wearing something unusual today. He was afraid of ruining his look, so he quickly withdrew his hand.
Zhu Qingchen looked at him and exclaimed: "Wow, you are dressed very formally today."
Xia Shu pulled at her sleeves unnaturally: "My parents and brother helped me make it, but I also think it's a bit too exaggerated."
"No, that's good. It shows that you take this interview very seriously."
Soon, the other students arrived.
Zhu Qingchen counted the number of people, waved his hand, and led them into the building.
It was the first time for the students to come to Zhou Group. Seeing the magnificent hall and the professionals passing by in a hurry, they couldn't help but admire it and their eyes lit up.
Huo Jun's assistant had already been waiting in the hall: "Teacher Zhu, students, please go upstairs. President Huo and other interviewers are waiting upstairs."
"good."
Arriving at the lounge next to the conference room on the tenth floor, the assistant said, "Please draw lots here. We will interview you in the order you drew lots. Teacher Zhu, do you want to stay here or go to the next conference room?"
"I..." Zhu Qingchen hesitated and looked at the students, asking for their opinions.
The students whispered, "Teacher, please go to the conference room. We don't know any of the interviewers. If we see you, we won't be nervous."
"No problem." Zhu Qingchen made an "OK" gesture and gave them a firm look, "Then I'll go to the meeting room."
"good."
The assistant extended his hand to him: "Teacher Zhu, this way please."
Zhu Qingchen has been visiting Zhou Group frequently recently, and all the assistants around Huo Jun know him.
The assistant casually said, "When summer vacation comes, Teacher Zhu will bring students to our group every day. President Huo asked me to prepare a special access card and lounge for Teacher Zhu."
Zhu Qingchen smiled and said, "I still need a meal card."
Arriving at the door of the conference room, the assistant knocked on the door and then helped Zhu Qingchen open it: "Mr. Huo, Teacher Zhu is here."
The meeting room was solemn. A large mahogany table was placed horizontally and several interviewers sat in a row, looking serious.
Zhou Ziqian was also there. I don’t know if it was Grandpa Zhou who asked him to come over and take a look, or if he insisted on coming over on his own.
Huo Jun sat in the middle with his hands folded, leaning back in his chair.
There were even two cameras in the corner to record the entire interview process.
Zhu Qingchen tilted his head with a dull expression.
Is it necessary to make such a big scene just to interview a few interns? Will it scare those students to death?
The assistant extended his hand to him: "Teacher Zhu, this way please."
Zhu Qingchen tried to keep smiling: "Okay."
There was only one seat left next to Huo Jun. Zhu Qingchen sat down next to him, and his cell phone suddenly vibrated.
The message Huo Jun sent him -
[The Zhou family is plotting against Xia Shu. To be fair and just, they specially hired several managers and recorded the entire process.]
Zhu Qingchen turned to look at Huo Jun and seemed to understand something.
The Zhou family may have changed their strategy and want to use an internship opportunity to shut Xia Shu up.
Xia Shu could clearly obtain the internship qualification through his own efforts, but a word from the Zhou family might distort his efforts into compensation from them.
If no evidence was left, if the matter got out of hand later, Xia Shu wouldn't be able to explain himself.
It’s better to have a bigger show.
Mr. Huo has good intentions and is preparing for a rainy day.
At this time, the assistant was about to hand the score sheet to Zhu Qingchen, and Zhu Qingchen hurriedly said, "I know all these students, so I won't participate in the admissions. I'll just take a look."
"OK."
The assistant turned and walked out of the meeting room, bringing over the first student to be interviewed.
*
Next door lounge.
Xia Shu's luck was not very good and he drew the last one.
Among the twenty students interviewed, he was the only sophomore, and the others were juniors and seniors with work experience. Now he was the last one drawn, and he felt a little discouraged when he saw the number tag.
But he adjusted quickly.
It doesn't matter, it's the last one, so he has more time to prepare.
And... maybe he can impress the interviewers?
Xia Shu straightened the collar of the shirt that his mother had ironed for him, then took out the prepared booklet from the briefcase that his brother had bought for him and took a quick look at it.
It's okay, just think of it as an exercise.
He performed well and after the interview, he would go back and talk to his family.
I don’t know how long it took, but the students in the lounge were taken away one by one.
There were fewer and fewer students, and finally only Xia Shu was left.
He put his things away, took a sip of warm water to moisten his throat, and waited for his assistant to come and call him.
Finally, the door of the lounge was pushed open.
"Xia Shu? It's your turn. Come on."
"Okay." Xia Shu stood up quickly, and because he was nervous, he took two steps with his hands and feet together.
The assistant looked at him with a smile and said, "It's okay. Just relax and do your best. The interviewers are all very friendly."
"Yes." Xia Shu nodded vigorously, "Thank you."
The assistant helped him push open the door of the conference room. As soon as Xia Shu entered, she bowed sharply, and even her voice changed its tone: "Hello, interviewers. I am Xia Shu."
When Zhou Ziqian saw his look, he sneered, threw the things in his hand onto the table, leaned back on the chair.
Clearly looking impatient.
If the managers present here were not well-known figures, I'm afraid he would have made a few sarcastic remarks.
Xia Shu raised his head and saw Zhou Ziqian was also here, and his face turned pale for a moment.
But soon, Xia Shu shifted his gaze and looked at Zhu Qingchen who was sitting in front.
Zhu Qingchen smiled at him to reassure him.
Several interviewers also smiled and said, "Hello, please take a seat."
"Okay." Xia Shu sat down on the chair in the middle and subconsciously glanced at Zhu Qingchen again.
Zhu Qingchen gave him an affirmative look and told him that it was okay and that was it.
In fact, it was the last one and the interviewers all had their candidates in mind, but Teacher Zhu's eyes were firm and Xia Shu felt relieved.
"You're the only sophomore here."
"Yes." Xia Shu nodded, "I'm a sophomore."
“Have you ever had part-time job experience before?”
"Yes. After the college entrance examination, I worked as a tutor, a waiter in a restaurant, and a clerk in a company. Now I work as a waiter in a coffee shop and a delivery boy at a spicy hot pot restaurant."
"They are all relatively simple part-time jobs." The interviewer asked, "Can you briefly talk about your experience as a clerk in the company?"
"Sure. During my freshman year, a colleague who worked part-time at a restaurant introduced me to a company that was hiring clerks with a very high salary, and asked me to give it a try."
"So I went. But after one day, I found out that my job was to call the elderly and sell them health products. After confirming that the health products produced by the company were three-no products, I called the police."
Xia Shu spoke in a serious tone, and Zhu Qingchen was trying to hold back his laughter in front of him until he felt like dying.
The interviewer's mouth twitched: "You have done so many part-time jobs, what do you think?"
Xia Shu continued: "I started working part-time after the college entrance examination. The biggest realization is that it is not easy for college students without connections to find a legal and compliant job that is more in line with their majors."
"I don't think being a waiter in a hotel or a waiter in a restaurant is a bad part-time job or that it cannot be used as a resume. I worked hard to get these jobs, just like I am working hard for this internship position now."
Several interviewers looked up at him and asked, "Can you tell me what preparations you have made to get this position?"
"I took a quick look at your group's official website and found out about your group's business scope. I also learned that your group is comprehensively proposing a route of 'transforming from a backward, one-man-show family business to an advanced, modern, and specialized enterprise.'"
"I read the papers and works of visiting scholars posted on your group's official website. Among them, "The Dilemma and Solution of Family Businesses" by American scholar Liz left the deepest impression on me."
“One of the biggest drawbacks of family businesses is…”
The interviewers stopped organizing their resumes, raised their heads slightly, and kept their eyes on him for a long time.
This Xia Shu seems to be quite interesting.
Although he has little experience, he is good at collecting information and capturing the key points. He is very smart and willing to put his efforts into the right direction.
Zhou Ziqian's face changed and he clenched his teeth.
In fact, Xia Shu is much better than he thought.
Xia Shu could have gotten this internship position entirely on his own strength, but even his proud background was nothing more than a backward family business in Xia Shu's eyes.
He had no right to cancel Xia Shu's internship position because he didn't deserve it.
Zhu Qingchen turned around and looked at the managers, and understood clearly that Xia Shu was stable. !
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