Chapter 80: Postgraduate study ruined (13)
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After the interview, Zhu Qingchen and Xia Shu walked out of the Zhou Group building together.
"The interview results will not be available until after your final exams." Zhu Qingchen looked at him with a smile, "But you don't have to worry too much. You performed very well. Just prepare for the final exams seriously."
"Okay, thank you, teacher."
Xia Shu finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Zhu Qingchen say this, but she was still a little shocked and confirmed again: "Did I really perform well?"
"It's already very good." Zhu Qingchen nodded seriously, took out his cell phone and took a look, "By the way, don't leave yet. Mr. Huo will bring someone to find you later."
"Ah?" Xia Shu was puzzled. "Mr. Huo? Why?"
"The Zhou family knows about you and Zhou Ziqian, and they want to give you half a million to shut you up."
"I don't want it." Xia Shu said righteously without hesitation, "Teacher, I don't want their money. I can make money myself."
"I know."
But in essence, if the other party conceals his or her family background and deliberately deceives the relationship during a relationship, it is a moral issue, not a legal issue.
Xia Shu had no legitimate reason to accept money from their family.
Not to mention such a large sum of money.
Now it is called compensation, but in fact it is a handle.
If Xia Shu took the 500,000 yuan, who could guarantee that Zhou Ziqian would not use it to blackmail him?
——You have taken our family’s money, why don’t you make peace with me?
Even if Zhou Ziqian did something coercive towards Xia Shu, he could use the 500,000 yuan to make something of it.
——You took our family’s money, which means you accompanied me voluntarily.
Or, if they have a disagreement in the future, the Zhou family can file a lawsuit and sue Xia Shu in court for the crime of "extortion".
Although Xia Shu had been deceived, he had come to his senses and was not that stupid.
Zhu Qingchen said seriously, "Of course you can't take this money, but the Zhou family has sent a lawyer to keep an eye on Mr. Huo. In order to protect you and paralyze the Zhou family, Mr. Huo wants you to put on a show to fool them."
Xia Shu was relieved: "That's no problem." He reiterated: "Teacher, I don't want Zhou Ziqian's money."
"I know. You can take his money, but you need the court to award it to you and the contract to sign it to you. You can't just take it in such an unclear way."
"Yeah." Xia Shu nodded. "Let's go to the coffee shop in front and wait for Mr. Huo."
"good."
The cafe is also the employee cafe of Zhou Group.
It was just after get off work and there were quite a lot of people around, so Zhu Qingchen found a booth in the corner and ordered two more glasses of milk.
Not long after, Huo Jun came over with a lawyer.
The lawyer was in his forties or fifties, thin and gaunt, with bright eyes, and looked very calculating.
I think he was Mr. Zhou's personal lawyer, sent specially to help Zhou Ziqian deal with Xia Shu.
Xia Shu was a little nervous and subconsciously turned to glance at Zhu Qingchen.
Zhu Qingchen gave him a reassuring look and said softly, "It's okay."
The lawyer saw Zhu Qingchen and turned around to ask Huo Jun: "Mr. Huo, who is this..."
Huo Jun whispered, "Xia Shu's teacher, Zhu Qingchen. He also knows about Ziqian's situation. The old man prepared another 500,000 for him."
Now is the perfect time to solve two at a time and exceed the task target.
Moreover, the two of them took the money together, and when something happened later, the two of them blamed each other, and the Zhou family reaped the benefits.
This is a common tactic used by wealthy people.
The lawyer nodded and stepped forward: "Teacher Zhu, Student Xia, sorry for the long wait."
"Yeah." Zhu Qingchen nodded, and Xia Shu also nodded along with the teacher.
"I'll get straight to the point." The lawyer stood up straight and bowed deeply to them. "I'm here to apologize to you two at the request of Mr. Zhou."
While they were talking, Huo Jun was sitting not far away.
He didn't come closer, but looked in their direction from time to time.
The lawyer said sincerely, "Our old man Zhou only learned about the specific incident a few days ago. As soon as he found out, he flew into a rage and used family rules to teach Young Master Zhou a lesson. Young Master Zhou is still unable to get out of bed because of the beatings."
Zhu Qingchen stirred the milk in the cup, raised his head slightly, and asked in surprise: "Wow, is it so serious?"
Xia Shu was a little confused and turned to look at him.
What happened to the teacher? Why does it feel like the teacher has suddenly become stupid?
"Young Master Zhou was young and made a mistake. Old Master Zhou has already taught him a lesson and made him kneel down and repent. So, Old Master Zhou would like to ask you two to stop caring about it and be merciful and let him go."
In less than three sentences, he revealed his true purpose.
Xia Shu paused, reacted, and lowered his head again. What lesson? There was no lesson at all, just a statement to outsiders.
Zhu Qingchen asked doubtfully: "We didn't let Zhou Ziqian go."
"Of course I know that Mr. Zhu and Student Xia are both good people and have no ill intentions, otherwise they would have fallen out with Ziqian a long time ago."
The lawyer took out a brown paper file bag and said, "There are two cards in here, with a total of one million. It's a little gift from our Mr. Zhou. I beg you to accept it."
He placed his hand on the file bag, tapped it lightly with his fingertips, and his glasses flashed with light: "Of course, you two both understand what Mr. Zhou means, right?"
Zhu Qingchen blinked his eyes, thought for a while, and shook his head: "I don't understand."
How can this person be so stupid?
The lawyer thought that after seeing the one million, Zhu Qingchen and Xia Shu would understand and accept the money with gratitude.
But the two of them still sat there firmly, and he had to open their minds and make things clear.
The lawyer adjusted his expression and continued to persuade.
"Mr. Zhou meant that the matter would end now that the compensation was paid. You know, our Zhou family is a big family with a lot of people eyeing our family."
"Mr. Zhou is mainly worried that the two of you are inexperienced and might be used by people with ulterior motives and become enemies of the Zhou family. That would be bad, right?"
"Who hasn't made mistakes? Young Master Zhou is still young, and he was instigated by his bad friends to do the wrong thing. With this one million, Mr. Zhou wanted to buy himself peace of mind, and also wanted to buy Young Master Zhou an opportunity."
"Even if you two accept media interviews and mobilize netizens to launch public opinion attacks on the Zhou family, the Zhou family will not fall, and what can you gain except venting your anger?"
"In short, I hope you two won't mention this matter in front of outsiders, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble."
This should be clear enough.
Zhu Qingchen suddenly realized: "So that's how it is."
The lawyer smiled and pushed the document bag over to him: "Please check it."
Zhu Qingchen opened the file bag, took a look inside, and nodded with satisfaction: "Thank Mr. Zhou for me, and ask him to rest assured."
"You're welcome." The lawyer pushed his glasses. "Then I'll leave first--"
He glanced at the two glasses of milk in front of Zhu Qingchen and Xia Shu and waved his hand: "Enjoy your meal, both of you."
"Okay." Zhu Qingchen waved at him, "Bye."
After the lawyer left, Xia Shu hurriedly said, "Teacher, return it to Mr. Huo quickly, otherwise it will be hard to explain."
Zhu Qingchen took out two cards from his file bag: "Here's one for you."
Xia Shu was so frightened that she waved her hands repeatedly: "Teacher, I don't want it..."
"Hmm? You really don't want it?" Zhu Qingchen held two cards between his legs. "Then I'll take them all."
Xia Shu looked closely——
The two cards, one was Zhu Qingchen’s access card, and the other was Zhu Qingchen’s meal card.
When taking students to interviews, Huo Jun's assistant mentioned to him -
——"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."
——"And there's a meal card."
Xia Shu covered his heart with his hands. He was almost scared to death by the teacher. He thought the teacher really took the Zhou family's money.
On the other side, Huo Jun left with his lawyer.
Before leaving, he pointed to his suit pocket towards Zhu Qingchen.
He has two bank cards.
Zhu Qingchen smiled at him, holding two cards, and waved them towards the surveillance camera in the corner.
It’s recorded clearly.
*
After the internship interview, students officially entered the final review stage.
Zhu Qingchen finished his classes and started to get busy.
He has a pile of student papers that have yet to be graded, and he hasn't written his own paper for this semester.
It's just terrible.
Zhu Qingchen held his face, sat in front of the computer with a look of despair, pulling his hair out one by one.
"Oh my god, what are they writing? System, can you help me change it?"
The system dragged a rag and wiped the floor carefully. "No, you said a few days ago that I was useless and couldn't be an academic system."
Zhu Qingchen let out a cry and fell beside the computer: "Look at how hard they are writing. I have written a hundred articles myself. It's like being tortured. I can't stand it anymore."
The system waved the rag and said, "Come on, you can do it."
Zhu Qingchen lay on the table, motionless.
The system timed him: "You have wasted one minute. You could have used this minute to read a paper."
Zhu Qingchen said weakly: "Send me away, I will never come to the modern world again."
"Bullshit, when we go to the ancient world, you'll be asking for milk tea again. Come on, revise your paper, and you can have a cup after you're done." "Yeah."
Zhu Qingchen held his face in his hands, continued to read the papers, and gave grades to the students with a look of despair.
What's worse, at this time, the students were still calling him in the group.
[@Wish teacher, teacher, vegetables, laolao]
And with a pitiful little expression.
Zhu Qingchen picked up the phone and replied: [Student, stupid, hang up]
The students burst into tears in the group, hugged his thighs and begged for rescue, and all kinds of emoticons were flying everywhere.
Zhu Qingchen was quite responsible and told them that he had written comments on the paper version of the paper, which would be sent out after the results came out. If any student wanted to discuss with him, they could come to him at any time.
*
Half a month later, finals week ended.
The results of the last interview are also out.
Sure enough, Xia Shu turned the tide. Although he was ranked last, he successfully impressed the interviewer with his strong abilities.
He is very smart and knows how to prescribe the right remedy for his condition. He goes to the official website to find what he wants.
In preparation for the interview, he not only read the works of scholars who had previously visited the group, but also read English works by foreign scholars.
So, in the end, the interviewers accepted him.
The remaining two students who were admitted with him were both juniors and seniors.
Zhu Qingchen sent the admission result to Xia Shu, and Xia Shu also sent a screenshot of the internship offer sent to him by the group to Zhu Qingchen.
Xia Shu: [I received it too. I am really grateful to the teacher. If it weren’t for the teacher, I would not have been able to attend the interview.]
Xia Shu was really grateful to him and often said this.
Zhu Qingchen corrected him several times but he still didn't change.
There were still three days before he officially started work, so Zhu Qingchen asked him to have a good rest at home and stop working part-time at the coffee shop so that he could go to the internship in the best possible spirit.
Xia Shu agreed seriously.
The students all went home, and the business of the coffee shop near the school dropped sharply. He took the opportunity to ask his boss not to work part-time during the summer vacation, and the boss agreed.
He simply packed up his things in the dormitory, taking his clothes and books, and covering everything else with dust sheets.
Dad drove over to help him carry the luggage, and the family put the luggage home and went shopping in the mall.
This is Xia Shu’s first time to intern at a formal large group, so I have to buy him two nice sets of clothes, and he also has to go to the barber shop to get a haircut, and it would be best if he gets a new pair of glasses.
Xia Shu was a little reluctant: "I haven't received my salary yet, but I'm already overdrawn."
Xia Chi said confidently: "The purpose of doing internship is to gain experience. The money is not important. The most important thing is that my brother is happy." He patted his pocket and said: "I have money. I will spend it on my brother."
"Just save your money and don't spend it recklessly."
"Spending money on my brother doesn't count as wasted money." Xia Chi smiled and showed his two small canine teeth, "I was saving money to buy a birthday gift for my brother..."
Xia Chi quickly covered his mouth.
Oops, he seems to have let something slip.
Xia Shu asked: "Birthday present?"
Xia Shu himself almost forgot that his birthday was at the end of July.
"No, no." Xia Chi shook his head and pulled him forward, "Brother, the shirt in front seems to suit you very well. I think you should change to a pair of thin-framed glasses and stop wearing black-framed ones."
Xia Shu smiled and didn't ask any more questions.
Xia Chi originally wanted to save money to buy a birthday present for his brother, but Teacher Zhu told him that his own paintings would be more thoughtful, so he decided to spend the money now.
Anyway, it’s all spent on my brother.
When Xia Chi wants to spend money, his parents can't compete with him.
I bought my brother a new set of clothes and a new pair of glasses.
He also wanted to buy a silver glasses chain for Xia Shu, but was stopped by Xia Shu.
"Xiao Chi, I'm here to be an intern, not a president!"
Xia Chi thought for a moment and said, "Well, then I don't want the glasses chain."
Father and Mother Xia followed behind them, very pleased.
Although the family was dressed simply, they were clean and neither humble nor arrogant.
Even if Xia Shu dragged her brother into a luxury store by accident, she could still tell the waiter generously: "It's too expensive, we can't afford it yet, we'll buy it later, thank you for the hospitality."
*
Three days later, Xia Shu wore a new shirt that his brother bought for him and was picked up by his father and brought to the downstairs of Zhou Group.
Last night, Xia Chi specially gave his brother some self-defense tools.
He said, "Brother is going to Zhou's Group for an internship. Although they are a formal group, you still have to be careful. Take this. You can defend yourself when necessary. I have checked. This weapon is given to brother by me, so I can go to jail with brother when the time comes."
“…”
Xia Shu scratched his head and silently accepted the utility knife his brother gave him. Before going out, he hid the thing in his own shoe cabinet.
He didn't want to go to jail with his brother.
Besides, there are so many people in Zhou Group, and Zhou Ziqian probably spends more time drinking and partying, so he shouldn't come to the group and run into him.
"We're here." Father Xia parked the car and said, "Let's go in."
"Okay." Xia Shu got out of the car, "Bye, Dad."
Father Xia cleared his throat and said to him unnaturally: "Come on."
"Got it." Xia Shu waved at him, "Bye."
Father Xia sat in the car and watched him walk into the Zhou Group building. He drove away only when he could no longer see his back.
Xia Shu waited in the lobby for a while, and soon Zhu Qingchen and two other students arrived.
It was the same assistant from last time, but this time, they went to the fifth floor.
"Three interns are working in the copywriting team. This is Team Leader Liu. Team Leader Liu will lead you in your work from now on."
"Team Leader Liu, these are students from the Chinese Department of Jinghua University. I'll leave them to you."
The three students greeted their group leader politely and got to know each other.
The assistant finally looked at Zhu Qingchen and said, "Teacher Zhu, your lounge is over here. Come and have a rest."
"No problem." Zhu Qingchen said to the three students, "Come to me if you have any questions."
"Okay." The three students responded and followed the team leader into the group.
Zhu Qingchen went to his exclusive lounge.
The small room is spacious and bright, and the lazy sofa is so soft that you don’t want to get up once you lie down on it.
There is a whole wall of projection screen where he can watch cartoons, and there is also special orange juice and a large plate of small cakes.
It’s simply Zhu Qingchen’s paradise!
The assistant smiled and said, "These are all specially arranged by Mr. Huo. If you have any needs, just tell me in time."
"No more." Zhu Qingchen couldn't hide the smile on his face, "That's good, thank you."
"You're welcome. I'll get busy now. You can take a rest."
"OK."
Zhu Qingchen responded softly, flew to his lazy sofa, picked up the remote control, turned on the projector, and searched for "Peppa Pig".
He could have taken a summer break, but several students were doing internships and it was the first day, so he had to lead the team here.
Now I feel at home and am very happy in Zhou Group!
Happier than at home!
Zhu Qingchen picked up the orange juice and raised the glass to the pink pig on the screen: "Cheers!"
On the other side, the assistant returned to the top floor office and knocked gently on the door.
"Mr. Huo, Teacher Zhu and three interns have arrived. The three interns have already started working, and Teacher Zhu has also settled in the lounge."
"good."
"Teacher Zhu should like that lounge very much."
"Yeah." Huo Jun responded. He arranged it himself. How could Zhu Qingchen not like it?
Huo Jun turned the page of the document in front of him and asked casually, "When will Zhou Ziqian come over?"
"this……"
Mr. Zhou said that he wanted Zhou Ziqian to come to the company and just be a project manager.
The time is also set for today.
But since he didn't come, no one else dared to urge him.
Huo Jun raised his eyes slightly, saw the difficulty of his assistant, and said calmly: "No need to urge him, he knows he has to come. If he doesn't come, forget it. Help him punch in, and the old man can handle it."
If he came, it would only cause more trouble. Huo Jun wished he didn't come.
"Okay." The assistant nodded. "I'll go down first. There's a meeting at ten o'clock. Please attend on time."
"knew."
*
Xia Shu officially started her internship journey.
There were no inexplicable rules for ordering new members around in the group. The team leader simply spoke to them and introduced the team members to them. He then distributed the group information to them, allowing them to familiarize themselves with the documents in the morning and officially start work in the afternoon.
His workstation is connected to that of two other classmates, so they can discuss anything with each other.
Because he is the youngest, his colleagues take good care of him.
He is also diligent and eager to learn. He would draw the parts he doesn't understand first and then ask his colleagues when they are free.
It was not until noon that his colleagues stretched, stood up, and called him, "Xiao Shu, go to the cafeteria to eat, and come back to see."
"Okay." Xia Shu reluctantly raised his head from the documents and put the things away.
Just as the group was about to leave, suddenly, as the elevator door opened, noisy sounds instantly poured into the office.
Everyone looked back and saw Zhou Ziqian, dressed casually, wearing sunglasses, hugging Xu Xi, and followed by a group of friends.
A group of people got off the elevator ostentatiously, chatting and laughing as they walked.
"Mr. Zhou is amazing. He became a project manager so quickly." "Of course not. How could Mr. Zhou start from the bottom of his own company?"
"Young Master Zhou, please give us two positions someday."
Their tone was the same as before, frivolous and dissolute. All the employees who were working diligently changed their expressions when they heard it.
Sensing that the atmosphere was not right, Zhou Ziqian glanced at the friend who was talking, and that friend immediately slapped his mouth.
The other friends immediately tried to smooth things over: "That's enough, Mr. Zhou should just get Xiao Xu a secretary position. What are you thinking? You want to be a secretary too?"
Xu Xi buried her face in Zhou Ziqian's arms and rolled her eyes quietly.
Knowing that they were not friendly, Xia Shu immediately became alert and looked at them seriously.
Zhou Ziqian walked towards them, and Xia Shu and his colleagues reluctantly called out, "Mr. Zhou."
"Yeah." Zhou Ziqian walked up to them, took off his sunglasses, glanced at Xia Shu, but quickly looked away without caring, "I came here to announce that I have officially taken over the project of the new hotel in the north of the city."
The team leader smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou has come to the wrong place. We are the bidding project copywriting team here, and the North City project is on the tenth floor."
"You're right." Zhou Ziqian said, "I'm short of two people. I heard you have three interns here. Give me two."
His eyes swept over Xia Shu again. Xia Shu clenched his fists and stood still, not being scared away by him.
At this moment, Xia Shu had already made up his mind that if Zhou Ziqian asked him to go over, he would go over first.
If Zhou Ziqian deliberately made things difficult for him, he would have a reason to go to Teacher Zhu.
He was arranged by the school to do an internship and did not have to obey Zhou Ziqian's orders.
But Zhou Ziqian deliberately ignored him and pointed to the other two interns: "Come on, let's move the things over now."
The team leader hurriedly said: "Mr. Zhou, we are short of staff here, and we specially recruited summer interns. Otherwise, you..."
"Shut up." Zhou Ziqian put on his sunglasses and said to the two interns, "Hurry up, follow me."
Xia Shu's expression changed. It was obvious that Zhou Ziqian did it on purpose.
If he was the only one being bullied, he wouldn't think anything of it, but now, he had implicated two innocent classmates, he...
How could he possibly stay alone in peace?
Xia Shu clenched his fists. Zhou Ziqian turned around and waved to the two interns: "What are you standing there for? Come on!"
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