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In order to prepare for the interview, Chen Jin first went to Wanmin Square, but found that the formal clothes there were either too rigid or too fashionable, not suitable for work in other companies. Finally, she went to the old department store in Dongcheng District and went to the direct store of Baiyou Garment Factory, where she bought two dresses that were a little formal but not too formal. Anyway, she thought it looked suitable to wear to an interview.
"Why is your store named Minimalist Women's Clothing instead of Baiyou?"
"The factory manager said that Baiyou's previous production lines were too diverse. Now we focus on young women's clothing, so the store name was changed." The store manager helped pack the clothes and handed them to her, and handed her a small white card, and said: "A few days ago, several girls came here to buy a lot of clothes, saying that you introduced them. In order to thank you for your publicity, I specially gave you a membership card of our store..."
Chen Jin took the card and looked at it from front to back. The number of membership cards in her card bag was gradually increasing. The membership cards of each store were very distinctive. The membership card of this store was the simplest one she had ever received. It didn't even have any extra patterns. It really fit in with their "minimalist" style.
However, the store manager said that a girl came here a few days ago, so she guessed it was Chen Jia and her friend. Chen Jia also liked the clothes in this store.
After coming out of the clothing store, Chen Jin went to Sister Jiang's cosmetics store and went to the second floor to have a skin care treatment.
I heard that Sister Jiang also wants to buy the shop next door and expand the store so that both the cosmetics and skin care products have separate and spacious storefronts.
Sister Jiang's beauty business is booming, but Aunt Xin seems to have much more free time. When Chen Jin came downstairs after doing skin care, she happened to meet her picking out cosmetics. I heard that she goes to collect rent at the beginning of the month, and has nothing to do at other times. Recently, she has become obsessed with finding people to go hiking together, and has been to Rong City Forest Park countless times.
Jiang Kexin said: "If Chen Yue wasn't still studying, I would have gone out to travel a long time ago. But I will just hold on for a few more months, and I will be relieved when she is admitted to university."
"Oh, yes. She said she didn't want to stay in Nan Province to study and wanted to go to Beijing. I told her that she could go wherever she wanted to study. At worst, I could save up two years' rent and buy her an apartment in Beijing."
To buy a house in Beijing, you only need to save up for one or two years of rent. Who would be envious? !
Chen Jin was still thinking about the houses in Beijing and Shanghai, but she had no money even if she wanted to buy one. However, she could encourage others to buy one, and she conveyed to Aunt Ke Xin exactly what she heard from the tour guide during her last trip.
"It's a good time to buy a house. I want to buy one, but I don't have much money left now."
Jiang Kexin patted her shoulder meaningfully, "You don't have much money left now, but you still have a lot of assets. Everyone is saying that your uncle's land can make money. Some people wanted to invest money in it, but your uncle didn't agree. You must have invested a lot, right?"
Chen Jin waved his hands. "I don't know anything about these business matters. My uncle told me to invest a little, so I did. I wish you good luck, Aunt Ke Xin. If I become rich thanks to my uncle, I will treat you and Chen Yue to a feast."
"Then I'll be waiting for this feast." Jiang Kexin looked around and leaned in to whisper, "My uncle heard the news. The latest planned subway line will go to the suburbs of Xicheng District, passing by our Xiuli community and near your uncle's land. It was originally going to go around the other side, but after evaluation, they felt it was not suitable, so they changed the route."
Jiang Kexin said jokingly, "Your uncle always says that he is lucky, but who will believe him when the news comes out? Just wait and see, many people will definitely go to Qiaoxi Village to buy residential land."
Chen Jin was shocked. Was his uncle really lucky or did he really have some information channel?
"Aunt Ke Xin, is this subway line thing true?"
Jiang Kexin glanced at her with a half-smile, "Then why do you think I didn't ask Chen Wensong for money, but asked for a house in Xiuli Community? When the news comes out, Chen Wensong and his parents' money can't even buy a building in Xiuli Community."
"So, can this news be spread now?"
"Spread it. Everyone with access to channels knows almost everything now. The houses in Xiuli Community were sold out before the New Year, and the prices even went up at that time. People have come to ask if I want to sell my house. Of course I can't sell it. I'm not short of money, so it's better to keep the house and collect rent."
After hearing the news, Chen Jin couldn't wait to call his uncle as soon as he got back to the car. But his uncle was not surprised. Instead, he said, "When you have time, go back to Old Man Liu's home in Qiaoxi Village. Recently, many people have been going to Qiaoxi Village. The people in Qiaoxi Village have noticed something is wrong and are now preventing outsiders from buying homesteads."
"Liu Mantang called me again and asked if I had any news. If I had any news, I would have bought up all the land they had. Tsk! These people won't listen to me!"
Chen Jin scratched his head. "So, uncle, did you hear any news? Is your friend drunk again?"
"......bullshit!" As soon as the uncle finished speaking, she laughed out loud, "I wouldn't have thought of this idea if you hadn't told me. I have to find some time to have a drink with old friends and exchange feelings. Haha, you are worthy of being my niece, you have a quick mind. Okay, I'm busy now, I won't talk to you anymore."
Chen Jin looked at the hung up phone, confused: Did her uncle really not get any news about Qiaoxi Village?
So, he was going to try and see if he could get any information out?
On the other end of the phone, Chen Wenqiang, who had just hung up, laughed a few times and said to Chen Yongxin, who was waiting for him in the office to go out for a social event, "Tell me, what's wrong with Third Sister's brain?"
Get someone drunk to get information? He hadn't even thought of such a dirty trick.
"What a pity! If your third sister studied business or accounting, it would be great for her to come to the company." After sighing, he shook his head and said, "Forget it, forget it. Third sister is not cut out for business."
That guy, although he seems to be very diligent in his studies, he is actually lazy at heart. He studies hard just to find a job like her second uncle where he can just drink tea, read newspapers and join in the fun.
After listening to the conversation between the uncle and nephew, Chen Yongxin had a subtle expression: he was sure that the third sister had never thought of asking his father to get people drunk to get information, but his father was very good at making up for the third sister.
Now he believed the outrageous statement made by his third sister: his father really believed that his third sister would bring him good fortune.
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Chen Jin returned to school with his newly written graduation thesis. He first went to the Academic Affairs Office to print out his transcripts for the first three years of college, and then went to the college to hand in his thesis to Professor Jiang.
Chen Jin looked nervous. She had revised her thesis several times. If she continued to revise it, she felt that this was not the thesis she wanted to write in the first place, and she really didn't know how else to revise it.
"Well, this version is well revised." Professor Jiang pushed up his glasses and said, "Fix the format. There are still some typos, which I circled. After the revisions, you can submit the final draft."
Professor Jiang was quite satisfied with Chen Jin's paper. After all, he was an undergraduate student, so the requirements could not be too high. Three undergraduate students all chose him as their thesis supervisor. Currently, only Chen Jin has completed his thesis, and no one knows what the progress of the remaining two is. It just so happens that the remaining two students were both admitted to graduate school, but Chen Jin was not.
He wanted to sigh whenever he thought about it. He regretted that he had not persuaded Chen Jin to choose to pursue a master's degree.
After receiving Professor Jiang's affirmation, Chen Jin felt relieved to know that he didn't have to revise the paper anymore and that he could return the borrowed books.
She really couldn't continue writing this paper!
Before Chen Jin left, Professor Jiang reminded him, "There will be a teacher from our department at the interview tomorrow, so do your best."
It must be said that Professor Jiang's words gave Chen Jin a little more confidence. Since she had "her own people" around, her advantage was even greater. As for the vice-president who is the cousin of Li Xingyi’s current girlfriend? She was able to pass the preliminary selection smoothly. There would be more than one leader in the subsequent interviews, so the scene shouldn't be too ugly.
Forget it, if the enemy comes, we will fight him with our soldiers; if the water comes, we will block it with earth.
Chen Jin walked while muttering and analyzing the advantages of her interview. Shen Baichuan called out twice behind her, but she automatically blocked it out. Shen Baichuan just thought she was thinking about something, so he followed behind her without saying a word.
From the road in front of the library, go out the west gate, then cross Wutong Road until you reach the small Western-style building.
Shen Baichuan followed her less than two meters behind, watching the ends of her curly hair, which were permed into big waves, swaying gently as she walked.
The temperature in Rong City is most comfortable around ten o'clock in the morning in late spring. Walking on the sidewalk shaded by trees feels like walking through the last section of the spring of 1994.
Chen Jin took out the key to open the door, and when he heard some movement next door, he turned around and saw Shen Baichuan also taking out the key. Their eyes met, Chen Jin nodded politely at him, then opened the door and walked into the house.
Although they were neighbors and had formally met before at Professor Song's house, Chen Jin felt that he and Shen Baichuan would not have any intersection. They became neighbors by fate, and when they met, they could just greet each other politely, and that would be enough.
Shen Baichuan stood outside the courtyard gate, forgetting what he was going to do for a moment, his right hand still maintaining the action of taking the key to open the door, until Aunt He, the nanny of Professor Song's family, came back from buying vegetables and a voice of "Teacher Shen" brought his mind back.
Then I looked up at the door of the house next door. It was tightly closed, making the owner's attitude of "no strangers allowed" very obvious.
Oh no, the owner of the house next door might change it to: "Men please don't disturb."
As soon as he got home, the old man called him again and asked when he was free to come back to the old house for dinner.
Shen Baichuan just took out a can of drink from the refrigerator and made up an excuse, "I'm busy with school courses."
The old man on the other end of the phone had a loud voice, not like a man in his seventies at all, "Are you kidding me?! How many classes do you have in school? Don't I know?"
Shen Baichuan remained calm, “Oh, that means I’m busy at the company.”
"If it's not a big deal to divide the property, don't ask me to go back. If I go back and my car is scratched again, you will have to pay me double. I have so many cars now that I have no place to put them."
"......" The breathing on the other end became rapid, and it took a while to calm down, "Your grandfather Ji's granddaughter has also returned from studying abroad, you..."
Shen Baichuan, who hung up the phone directly, could guess that the old man must be furious and scolding him as a bastard now. Tsk, you’ve given him face, but you still want to arrange a blind date for him?
I went back to the study and read a book for a while, but couldn't continue. Finally, I took out a book about computer programming from the bookshelf and went out to find Dean Xi next door.
"Baichuan is here. Are you not busy with school classes recently? Come and have dinner at home later."
Professor Song was always so hospitable, and Shen Baichuan put down the fruit he brought and agreed to stay for lunch. I followed President Xi to the study on the second floor. President Xi has recently become interested in computers, otherwise he would not have come here so many times.
Not long after, it was time for dinner. When he went downstairs, he saw Chen Jin sitting on the sofa. She was telling Professor Song that she had recently bought a skin care product and her skin became smoother after using it. She also said that she would take Professor Song with her next time she went out for skin care, and they could also go to the barber shop next door to change into a fashionable look.
Dean Xi, who was walking in front of him, put his hands behind his back, snorted when he heard this, and said to him, "They are either talking about how to be vain or the love affairs in TV dramas. You see, you might as well read more books if you have free time."
Shen Baichuan laughed secretly in his heart, Dean Xi himself didn’t dare to say this out loud, obviously because he was afraid that Professor Song would get angry after hearing it, and it would be even less likely for him to agree with what he said. He glanced at the girl on the sofa whose eyes sparkled when she spoke, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said with a smile: "In addition to work, it is a good thing to have more entertainment in life. You have to get in touch with different things."
Dean Xi looked back at him and said, "That's true."
"Now that you're down, let's have dinner." Professor Song saw them coming downstairs and pulled Chen Jin to sit down. There was a big round table, and Chen Jin and Shen Baichuan were specially arranged to sit next to each other. "You young people have a lot of common topics, so communicate more."
Chen Jin kept smiling and quietly moved the stool to the side.
When looking for a partner, you cannot look for someone with worse conditions than you, but you also cannot look for someone with much better conditions than you. The saying "equal status" that has been around since ancient times has some truth to it. She definitely couldn't agree to be a slave in someone else's home.
Although she didn't know Shen Baichuan's family background, her uncle also said when he came to buy the small villa that he got in touch with Shen Baichuan's father through a friend of a friend, so she could guess that Shen Baichuan's family was not simple.
She didn't think about preventing others from falling in love with her. She felt that based on the few times she had met Shen Baichuan, it was impossible for Shen Baichuan to have any feelings towards her. She was avoiding suspicion now because she was afraid that others would mistakenly think that she was trying to marry someone above her status.
Well, it's not like she has no money to spend, so there's no need for her to go to such great lengths.
Chen Jin thought secretly: God bless Qiaoxi Village and have it demolished, so that I don’t have to secretly look at other people’s luxury cars!
Chen Jin wanted to finish the meal quietly and then find an excuse to go home. Just as she put down her chopsticks, President Xi suddenly became concerned about her application for the counselor position and asked her how her preparations were going.
Just as he was dozing off, someone handed him a pillow. Chen Jin replied, "There are just some materials that need to be copied. I was just thinking of taking my award certificate to copy after dinner."
"Then eat some more and we'll go back and get ready later."
"Professor Song, Dean Xi, Teacher Shen, I'm full, you guys take your time eating. I have something else to do, so I'll go home first."
"Okay. Come find me some other time when you go to Dongcheng District." Professor Song watched Chen Jin walk out, then turned around and said to Dean Xi, "Look at Xiao Jin, how patient he is with older people like us. It's a pity that Qinghe won't come back to Rong City after graduation."
Dean Xi glanced at Shen Baichuan calmly, stopping his wife from continuing to talk nonsense, "Stop talking nonsense, Qinghe will stay in Beijing to work in the future, and I don't think Chen Jin has any intention of dating now."
"That's right. Xiao Jin said that she is fine being alone. She is afraid of being cheated of money by others if she finds a partner."
President Xi was speechless. These words really sounded like what Chen Jin would say.
Shen Baichuan: I don’t know what to say, let’s eat.
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Chen Jin deliberately wore a pair of high-heeled shoes today, thinking that it would take at least twenty minutes to walk from home to the college, so he chose to drive to the school.
When registering in and out at the west gate of the school, she saw Shen Baichuan walking in with a textbook. Chen Jin simply pretended not to see it, otherwise would she take him with her later or not?
After registering the information, Chen Jin got in the car and drove past Shen Baichuan like a gust of wind.
"Chen Jin?!"
As Qin Xuemei just walked downstairs of the college building, she saw a white car driving over and then parked in the open space next to the college building. Then the person in the driver's seat got out of the car, and it turned out to be her roommate Chen Jin, whom she hadn't seen for half a year!
When school started, I heard Song Jiajia say that Chen Jin's house was demolished. I was anxious to find Chen Jin to confirm whether the news was true, but I couldn't find him. Chen Jin simply didn't return to live in the school. I heard that she had a small Western-style building outside the west gate. She registered and went in to take a look, but she didn't know which building Chen Jin lived in. But no matter which one it was, the small Western-style buildings there made her fascinated.
But she couldn't find Chen Jin for a long time, and her anger and jealousy were gradually smoothed out by time. She realized belatedly that Chen Jin was not Yang Qian.
Yang Qian's family is rich, and everyone has known this since the first day of freshman enrollment. Sometimes she helped Yang Qian find some information or help submit materials. She claimed to be the one with the best relationship with Yang Qian in the class. Yang Qian often gave her some skin care products and cosmetics.
But Chen Jin is not Yang Qian. She and Chen Jin have been at odds almost since the beginning of the school year. No matter whether she is right or not, Chen Jin will not let her get any advantage.
So, what does the demolition of Chen Jin’s house have to do with her? Chen Jin is a miser who never spends a penny. Can you still expect to get anything good from Chen Jin? That's impossible. If I go over there, Chen Jin will just scold me.
"I know your family is rich now, but why do you have to show off like that? And you even drove to school."
Chen Jin sniffed hard and said, "What a strong sour smell! Hehe!" Then he left.
"You! I... Hey!" Qin Xuemei stomped her feet in anger as she watched Chen Jin leaving.
She just knew it! There was no way Chen Jin would let her take any advantage.
Oh, what did she want to say to Chen Jin just now?
Yes, she wanted to tell her not to have too much hope, as it was still a question whether she could pass the interview.
But she was so angry at Chen Jin's nasty expression that she couldn't think of what to say for a moment. He actually let her walk past like that.
When Chen Jin arrived at the door of the meeting room on the first floor with the materials, five other people were already waiting there.
They were all acquaintances. Two of them were her classmates, and the other three were from the same college but were students majoring in psychology. They had taken public courses together, so they knew each other.
Only one person was needed for each major, so her actual competitors were two classmates in her class. Those two students were not as good as her in academic performance, but their experience in student work was obviously much more outstanding than hers. It depends on how the teacher who interviews you chooses.
"Chen Jin, do you still need to work now? If I were you, I would stay at home and not go out to work."
Chen Jin glanced at the person who was speaking. He was the vice-monitor of her class. They had hardly talked to each other and they were not familiar with each other. This didn't sound right, so Chen Jin said, "What's the big deal? There are many millionaires out there who have to go to work. A small shrimp like me can't be arrogant. I still have to work honestly. Oh, by the way, why do you want to stay in school to work? Aren't other units better?"
The deputy squad leader chuckled twice, said with a wry smile that there was no chance for him to get a job in a good unit outside, and said that he was not like her, so it didn't matter if he didn't work.
Another inexplicable sour lemon. She became rich but she didn't rob them of their wealth. Why does she have to speak sourly?
Chen Jin smiled but said nothing. He stood aside with a thick stack of materials, silently going over the self-introduction he had prepared.
Soon, the leaders and teachers in charge of interview scoring entered the conference room one by one. Chen Jin watched them go in. Until the office door was closed, she did not see the vice president of the college come in. One of the teachers who participated in the selection was the head of their Chinese department. This means that the vice president, who is the cousin of someone, has no involvement in this interview at all.
Chen Jin was completely relieved.
Chen Jin was the first one to go in for the interview. He handed over the information in his hand and was nervous for more than ten seconds. But when he saw the department head smiling in a particularly kind and gentle manner, he quickly relaxed and read out his self-introduction as if he was reciting a book.
I have accumulated a lot of awards, big and small, including those I won from exams and some from essay competitions.
After she finished her introduction, several teachers below exchanged opinions with the people on both sides, and then a teacher asked her how she would deal with problems if she were a counselor, etc.
The last teacher asked her, "What would you do if a student you were teaching got pregnant and had a miscarriage in the dormitory?" This question almost stumped her.
She knew that the counselor's job would be tedious and there would be no shortage of mischievous students. But obviously she underestimated it and didn't expect such an outrageous thing to happen.
His brain turned twice quickly, his throat rolled twice, and he organized the words.
In fact, after she finished the interview, she couldn't remember how she had answered the question. Should she take a taxi to send the patient to the hospital first and then notify the parents and leaders? Or maybe she was talking about something else and she fainted too.
Oh help, why would you ask such an outrageous question? Is there really such a real case in school?
Or maybe she just doesn't have enough experience!
"Chen Jin, what questions did you ask in the interview?"
Chen Jin looked at him deeply and said, "You will know it later."
The results of the interview would not be announced until three days later. After walking out of the college building, Chen Jin took a few deep breaths and drove away.
During the three days of waiting for the results, Chen Jin couldn't concentrate on correcting the minor problems in her thesis. She was even less in the mood to deal with the call from her grandfather, who urged her to go to Qiaoxi Village. He told her to wait a few days until she felt better before going.
Old man Liu was so angry that he wanted to curse, but he had to coax her, "You are so young, what worries could you have now? Come back first, family has something important to discuss with you." She has money, a car and a house, what worries could she have?
But Chen Jin didn't want to hear what he said. "Wait a few days. I'll contact you when my job is settled. I'm in a bad mood now and nothing I can do is going well. I'm done. I'm hanging up now!"
Then I turn on the TV and clean the house.
Within three days, the counselor called her to tell her that the results were out and that she and a male classmate majoring in psychology were selected. By the time summer vacation begins, they will be colleagues.
After getting the result, Chen Jin happily called his uncles to share the good news, but everyone had been busy recently and had no time for a celebratory dinner. But we will meet again in a while, because it’s Qingming Festival, and we have to go back to the village to worship our ancestors.
Chen Jinhui called her grandfather's home.
"What exactly do you want me to come back for? Tell me over the phone first."
Old man Liu cursed her in his heart for being disrespectful and not knowing how to respect the elderly, but he only cursed her in his heart. If he really said it out loud, he believed that Chen Jin would definitely hang up the phone. Does Chen Jin care about what others say about her respect for the elderly? If anyone tells her in front of her, she will turn around and ask with a smile how you knew that.
He can't say too much, because if he says too much he will be the one who gets angry.
"The newly planned subway line passes through the land your uncle bought, and also passes through the Xiuli community that your uncle recommended everyone to buy. Does your uncle really have no inside information?"
She just knew it!
"My uncle doesn't know. He bought the house in Xiuli Community because it was cheap. At that time, the salesperson told people who came to see the house that a subway would pass by in the future. People would definitely buy the house after hearing that." However, at that time, some of the news was true and some was false, and nothing was finalized. This was just a marketing method. Otherwise, it would not have been possible for the people in Qiaodong Village to buy so many houses, some even buying entire buildings.
"I don't know about the land in the suburbs of Xicheng District. They said they would go the other way before, but who knew they would suddenly change the route. My uncle is lucky, but he really doesn't have any information channels."
Old Liu refused to believe it this time. He thought Chen Jin must know something, but she had a close relationship with her uncle and was unwilling to reveal the secret to the people in the Liu family.
"You bought the land in Qiaoxi Village because of your uncle, right? Last time I heard your uncle talk about the specifications for building the house. Tell me more about it."
"Tsk, how would I know that? I'm not specialized in this. The renovation team is still in the village. Just go and ask them."
Chen Jin frowned, "You asked me to come over just to ask this?"
What does “this little thing” mean?
This is a big event for the Liu family and even the entire Qiaoxi Village!
"The village is going to hold a meeting. Come back tomorrow and listen to it." Old Man Liu said unhappily, "After all, your houses are also built in the village, and your household registration is also in Qiaoxi Village..."
"Okay, okay, I'll go back tomorrow. What time?"
"It opens at eight."
"......No, I found out what's the bad thing about holding meetings in Qiaoxi Village? They have to call people for meetings so early in the morning?" Oh, she was called back last summer vacation. It was a very hot day at that time. They had to hold a meeting in the morning and also have a big dinner for everyone to eat together.
There are so many things to do day by day.
Old Liu was choked by her words, "Go and tell the village chief about this. By the way, your father and the others are back too."
"He can go back to his home if he wants. He doesn't need to report to me. It has nothing to do with me. I won't give him money anyway. Tell him to give up as soon as possible."
Old Liu didn't want to talk to her anymore, so he hung up the phone and said angrily, "It's better to expect demolition than to expect her to get money!"
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