Twenty minutes later.
"Snake Ring" headquarters, interview room.
The group of people Su Lin brought back has already begun the second round of interviews in an orderly manner.
The city hall's selection process is only a preliminary one; when specific responsibilities are assigned to households, another round of assessment is inevitable.
"Snake Ring" does indeed take this seriously, with interviewers being department heads themselves.
For example, Jiang Chengcheng, the head of the engineering department.
In fact, many of the "Forgotten Ones" really want to return to Night City. They can see the contrast between the two places... especially many young people. They don't have any of the hatred or anything like that between the older generation. Living a good life is what they pursue.
Therefore, being able to join as one of the first members, especially in a place like "Snake Ring," is truly an incredibly good thing.
They were quite confident in their abilities, and seeing that their future boss was such a beautiful woman... they figured she must be very gentle and easy to talk to, right? Their future work environment would surely be very comfortable.
However.
They soon witnessed Jiang Chengcheng's prowess; the assessment she provided was incredibly rigorous, and the interview alone left them breathless.
"You can't even answer such a simple question? I'm really disappointed."
"You're still using this outdated way of thinking? Is your brain stuck decades in the past?"
"If this is all you're capable of, you might as well get back to the outskirts of the city as soon as possible!"
She showed no respect for these people, and her loyalty to Xu Shi made her extremely picky about her work, adhering to the principle of "better to have none than to have something of poor quality."
Ultimately, less than one in ten people successfully passed the interview. The rest were assigned to various branch offices to try their luck, under the arrangement of the chief interviewer, Su Lin.
"Isn't that a bit too harsh?"
To be honest, even Director Su couldn't stand Jiang Chengcheng's nitpicking and gently reminded her good friend.
“I don’t need useless people under my command, Arlene.”
Jiang Chengcheng replied with a smile. In fact, if she really wanted to, she would love to do everything herself, so that she could repay Xu Shi for all his hard work.
"...Whatever you want."
Su Lin didn't know what to say; being too strict wasn't necessarily a bad thing... But her best friend had really changed a lot; at least her former timidity was completely gone.
This... can be considered a good thing, right?
Also present was Ms. Gu Yi, the head of the cybersecurity information department. No, she didn't come in person; she just showed a projection and went through the motions.
After all, the Forgotten Ones are relatively weak in this area, and there are really not many talented people who can do it, so she was quite relaxed and finished dealing with her own mess while sucking on a lollipop.
She didn't even pay much attention to the interview; instead, she was thinking about when Xu Shi would come home. They had agreed to play games together, but that bastard Xu hadn't even come home lately. Wasn't he just standing her up?
That scoundrel slept with me and then ran away; that's outrageous!
Unlike their relaxed demeanor, Shen Qin, who was still waiting for her interview, was a little apprehensive.
For her, the first step in infiltrating Xu Shi's inner circle was already complete.
The "Forgotten Ones" had successfully moved into the City of Nightsin... but the situation was not as she had expected.
Judging from the performance of those who came before, the corporation's strictness is terrifying. Very few people can actually get into the headquarters; most are reassigned to branch offices or other similar places to work as cogs in the machine.
Even as one of the leaders of the Forgotten Ones, the Serpent Ring did not give her any special treatment.
Even the work assignment given to her was not from the engineering department, but from the field department, and she was not even qualified to participate in research and development.
"leader……"
A nearby interviewee noticed her distracted state and kindly called out to her.
"...Don't call me leader."
Shen Qin snapped out of her daze and waved her hand seriously, "Now I'm just like you, just one of the citizens of Night Sin City."
That's the truth. In fact, when Xu Shi gave the preconditions at the meeting, it was already the groundwork for this. Once you enter the City of Night Sin, you're just an ordinary worker. What special privileges can you enjoy?
The key is that you can only go along with his wishes. At least on the surface, you can no longer let people call you "leader" all the time. Otherwise, what will people with ulterior motives think of you? It will inevitably cause trouble.
These people, who seem to be among the first to move in, actually have very little access to the core areas and mostly do basic manual labor.
They already have the technical data; they can do research without you... On the contrary, you're just there to be someone else's labor force. It's not just her side; she's found out about it elsewhere too. Everyone's in the same boat.
If the first batch was like this, then it goes without saying that those who came later were even worse.
Not to mention that the overall public opinion environment is still unfavorable to them. To be honest, entering the City of Night Sin only solves the problem of survival; everything else seems to be worse than before.
well.
While she was thinking this in a state of confusion, the person inside finally called her name, "Next, Miss Nan Qian."
As she got up and walked into the interview room, the person standing in front of her made Shen Qin's heart tighten.
It was Xia Wuyou, who had already changed into her combat uniform.
"Miss Nan Qian? Is that right?"
Xia Wuyou had long since lost the shyness she had shown earlier and looked at her expressionlessly, asking the question.
"...It's me."
"Okay, let me introduce myself. I am Xia Wuyou, the leader of the third team of the field operations department."
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