Chapter 97 Hidden Selfish Motives

Selfishness

I took the subway and went to the hospital with a haggard face.

However, he had to go take care of his mother in the afternoon, so he couldn't show his grief, for fear of worrying her. Fortunately, before going to the hospital, he tried his best to control himself, hiding all his worries in his heart, and pretending to be normal on the surface.

But Chi Dong underestimated a mother's insight. No matter how hard her child tried to hide it, she would be able to detect it in a second.

As soon as she entered the ward, Chi's mother noticed that he was in a bad mood, but she did not ask him immediately. Instead, she observed him silently for a long time. After he put down his backpack and sat next to her, she held Chi Dong's hand with a gentle expression.

"My dear, what happened to you? Why is there a stain on your clothes?"

“Is it dirty?”

Chi Dong lowered his head and saw a white stain on the hem of his clothes, as if it was stained with white dust. He quickly took a piece of paper from the table and wiped it.

"Maybe I accidentally touched it when I took the subway here." Chi Dong wiped it for a while and saw that the white powder was still firmly attached to it, without changing its shape or size, so he stopped thinking about continuing to rub it.

I threw away the tissue and thought nonchalantly: It can't be wiped off anyway, I may just wash it when I get home.

"It can't be wiped off. I'll wash it with water when I get back."

Chi's mother held his hand and looked at him tenderly: "Our sweet boy looks so good in a suit. Can you tell mom what happened in the interview today?"

Chi Dong raised his head suddenly, a hint of surprise in his eyes. He didn't expect her to find out so quickly. Several explanations flashed through his mind, but looking at Chi's mother's earnest and concerned look, he finally decided to tell her the truth about what happened today.

“…That’s the thing. I think I failed this interview.”

After hearing what he said, Chi's mother did not think that her child would perform poorly. She encouraged Chi Dong to treat this interview as an experience.

"Don't be discouraged, you have done very well. Failure is the mother of success. Keep working hard, my dear. Mom is rooting for you."

Chi's mother smiled brightly with a gentle look in her eyes, "I remember you got an offer from another company, which means you are no worse than others." After that, she patted Chi Dong's head gently and helped him tidy up his hair that was messed up by the wind.

What Chi's mother didn't know was that before he came to the hospital, he had already found countless excuses for his mistakes, but he still couldn't figure it out.

After hearing what she said, he finally realized that he wasn't such a failure, and he felt better.

Chi Dong stayed with her the whole afternoon. In his free time, he would take her in a wheelchair to go out for a walk by the lake to relax. It was not until Chi's father came home from get off work that the three of them had dinner together. Under the constant urging of the two, Chi Dong took the bus back to school.

Just like this, three days passed. During these three days, Chidong participated in two more interviews. With the experience of the previous interviews, he got the offer smoothly as expected.

Including the previous ones, he now has a total of 5 internship offers, but he has not yet decided which company to choose.

These five companies are well-known in the local area and their welfare benefits are pretty good. Chi Dong heard from seniors in previous years that their internship wages are not very high. Because they have not officially graduated yet, they cannot get the regular salary.

Moreover, they don’t provide food and accommodation, and they don’t even have two days off. It’s good enough to have a long and short week. Most importantly, overtime is common in their profession, so Chi Dong also took this into consideration when choosing a company.

He made a table and screened the five companies, eliminating three that had bad online reviews and required frequent overtime. He then considered the remaining two.

It’s not that Chi Dong is unwilling to work overtime, but his mother’s condition still needs three courses of treatment. One course of treatment takes one month, and three courses of treatment take three months. Working overtime will not allow him to take care of that.

Just as he was hesitating, his cell phone suddenly rang. He opened it and saw it was a number he had never seen before. After hesitating for a moment, he finally picked up the phone.

"Hello."

"Hello, we are the HR specialists from ET.Tech. Sorry to bother you, but are you Mr. Chi Dong?"

“…Yes, yes, do you want to talk to me about something?” When Chi Dong heard the word ET., his heart skipped a beat. He thought to himself: Could it be that the last time he broke into the 21st floor, something went wrong, and now they are here to settle the score with him? ?

"Well, we sent you an email yesterday but you didn't respond, so we took the liberty to call you to check if you received the email."

Chi Dong was surprised and asked, "Mail? What mail?"

He didn't receive it. Did he leave it to the wrong email address? That shouldn't be the case. He has always used this email address for his interview materials. How could it be wrong?

"It's an interview notice. It doesn't matter if you haven't received it. I can tell you directly. Congratulations, you have successfully entered our second round of interview list. We will officially conduct the second round of interviews at 9 am tomorrow. Are you willing to participate?"

"? You mean, I passed the first round of interviews?" Chi Dong couldn't believe it. Could they be lying to him?

"Yes, you have passed the first round of interviews. Are you willing to participate in the second round of interviews?"

Chi Dong hurriedly responded, "Yes! Of course I am willing."

"Okay, I've registered you here, and we'll be expecting you tomorrow."

"Thank you."

After hanging up the phone, Chi Dong was so excited that he almost jumped up in the dormitory. Fortunately, it was vacation time, otherwise he would definitely be complained by the dormitory downstairs.

At this time, ET. Technology Building——

"Manager, I have already called and informed Mr. Chi of the interview notice." As soon as the HR finished talking to Chi Dong, he knocked on the door to report to the human resources manager.

Wang Yuanli from the Human Resources Department nodded, gave her a few casual compliments, and then waved her to leave. "It's good that you've been notified. You've worked hard. You can leave now."

"Hey, I'm not saying this, what's wrong with you, Lao Wang? You looked so nervous and kept hanging around in front of me, just to wait for this news."

Manager Wu from the Planning Department happened to come to the Human Resources Department for urgent matters. As soon as he entered the room, he saw him standing by the window with his hands behind his back, his brows furrowed and his expression flustered, so he walked up to him curiously and asked jokingly.

"Don't mention it. You may not know that our company has a number of internship vacancies recently." Wang Yuanli sighed, looked around first, then drew the curtain and motioned Wu Dan to sit down and have a cup of tea.

Wu Dan followed his wishes and sat on the sofa. "I have heard of this. What's the matter? Is it related to the internship quota?"

Wang Yuanli lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "Almost. Our company just finished the interview a few days ago, and the result is not out yet. Guess what?"

"What's wrong?"

"Then that day I received a call and text message from the CEO's office, saying that President Bu wanted to see me."

"Mr. Bu wants to see you? Did you do something wrong?" Wu Dan said with a wicked smile.

Wang Yuan immediately retorted, "Ah! I didn't. I went upstairs right after I answered the phone. After I went upstairs, I found out that President Bu wanted me to give him the list of interns for that day."

Wu Dan smiled and said, "Isn't that good? With President Bu personally checking it, the previous incident won't happen again, right?"

"You don't understand. The point is that he circled a name on the list. Do you know what that means? It's clear that he wants me to manipulate the situation and include this name in the second round of interviews."

Hearing this, Wu Dan instantly became curious, "This doesn't seem like something President Bu would do."

Wang Yuanli was silent for a moment, then continued, "Yes, we have followed him for so long, and he severely criticized the person who tried to squeeze in a cleaning lady last time, let alone an internship quota."

Wu Dan picked up the teacup again, took a sip, and said leisurely, "Tsk tsk tsk, if that's the case, then just do as he tells you."

"Do I need you to tell me this? I sent an interview email yesterday, but I didn't get a reply from that person, so I came here early this morning and arranged for someone to call and notify him."

Manager Li recalled the meeting and conversation with Bu Qianli that day, and his body suddenly trembled.

The scene was like this. He had just walked into the president's office when he saw Bu Qianli sitting there reading a bunch of documents. He looked very serious, like King Yanluo, which was frightening to look at.

It just so happened that he saw that the document being reviewed on the table was from their Human Resources Department. His legs began to tremble, sweat broke out on his forehead, and he felt very nervous and unsure.

He wondered if there was something wrong with the document and whether he should admit his mistake in advance. At this moment, Bu Qianli looked up at him, put down the pen in his hand, and saw that his hand was empty. He frowned and said in a low voice: "Where is the list I asked you to bring?"

"? What, what list?" Wang Yuanli was a little panicked. No one told him to bring a list. Did he miss it or overlook it?

He quickly opened his phone and saw that he had indeed missed it. Bu Qianli wanted the list of interns this time.

With a "click", the thick document was gently placed on the desk. Bu Qianli looked unhappy, "Didn't you receive the notification?"

"I'm sorry, President Bu, I, I received a message from Special Assistant Chen, but I was careless and forgot to bring the list up." Wang Yuanli didn't dare to tell a lie. The last person who lied to Bu Qianli had been sent to some corner of Africa, and he didn't dare to take the risk.

"I'll go down and get it up now." After saying that, he raised his foot and prepared to leave.

"Wait." Bu Qianli recalled the scene he saw in the morning. His eyebrows moved slightly, and a hint of tenderness flashed in his dark and deep eyes. "Bring up the list of candidates for the second round of interviews."

Wang Yuanli looked at the time. According to previous statistics, the list should have been placed on his desk by now.

"Okay, Mr. Bu, I'll go down and bring you the list right away."

"Well, go ahead." Bu Qianli's eyes were ambiguous, and he finished his words slowly, "I hope I won't be so careless in the future."

"Yes, yes, President. I will remember it." Wang Yuanli nodded hurriedly and ran downstairs quickly. In this air-conditioned environment, he actually broke out in a sweat. He could clearly feel that at least half of his clothes on the back were wet.

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