Chapter 28 Bigwigs in the Chip Industry
Xia Lili stared at herself in the mirror for five minutes. Only when her eyes were sore and no images of herself encountering misfortune appeared in her mind did she feel relieved.
She remembered that the recruiter said that the position was urgent, and thought that there might really be no suitable candidate at the moment, so they asked her to go over.
The phone vibrated. It was Mr. Zhang sending a message to Xia Lili, asking her to come downstairs of the company in five minutes so he could drive her to meet the client.
Xia Lili cleaned up the table and hurried downstairs.
After she waited for two minutes, a white BMW stopped in front of her.
A man in his thirties or forties in the driver's seat rolled down the window. His gaze lingered on Xia Lili's face, and he smiled. "Xiao Xia, huh? I'm Zhang Xiujie, the general manager of Hanhai Fund."
"Get in the car, we're going to the Lakeshore Trade Center."
Xia Lili looked at Mr. Zhang in front of her. The man wore metal-framed glasses on his round square face, his hair was combed back with hairspray, and the curve of his chin became very full due to his weight gain.
This is the classic look of many successful people in the financial industry.
After Xia Lili and Zhang Xiujie looked at each other for a moment, they found nothing unusual, so she quickly sat in the passenger seat.
"Hello, Mr. Zhang, I'm Xia Lili."
Xia Lili fastened her seat belt and said hello.
"Okay, Xiaoxia, let me briefly introduce you to the client we're going to meet later..."
Zhang Xiujie seemed like a person who valued efficiency and went straight to the point.
Five o'clock in the afternoon.
Xia Lili and Zhang Xiujie came out of the Lakeside Commercial Center after meeting with investment clients.
Xia Lili thought Zhang Xiujie would let her go home from get off work, but Zhang Xiujie said he was going to meet a representative from the bank.
After meeting with the bank representative, Zhang Xiujie went to the dinner party again.
Xia Lili worked non-stop this afternoon without a break. She had to record the key points of the conversation, serve tea and water, and keep a smiling face. It was really a high-intensity job.
Eight o'clock in the evening, in a private room of Hetang Hotel.
Xia Lili sat next to Zhang Xiujie. She kept looking at the time on her phone and listening to the elites at the dinner table chatting about financial industry information and drinking.
Xia Lili was the only girl present, and she felt very uncomfortable. She was not a smooth-talking person and hated occasions like dinner parties the most.
She checked her eyes again in the mirror, but nothing happened.
After a while, the other people at the dinner table turned the topic to Xia Lili.
"Boss Zhang, this is your new assistant. She's quite pretty."
"Look at her constantly looking in the mirror. The little beauty is quite vain."
Zhang Xiujie smiled at the others and introduced Xia Lili: "Yes, intern assistant, my name is Xia Lili."
"Today is her first day at work, let's take her out to see the world."
Zhang Xiujie reached out to pat Xia Lili on the shoulder, "Come on, Xiao Xia, give a toast to the CEOs."
Xia Lili nimbly moved sideways to avoid Zhang Xiujie's hand.
Zhang Xiujie's face turned a little embarrassed.
Xia Lili remained calm. She was not short of money now and was very confident.
Why.
I visited Hanhai Fund Company in person during the day today. Everything was quite formal and the recruitment officer was also very friendly.
I didn't expect that the work content was so messy and the work intensity was so high.
This job was on the verge of being eliminated by her.
Xia Lili picked up the teacup in her hand and said, "Sorry everyone, I'm allergic to alcohol, so I'm drinking tea instead of water."
She said a few polite words and drank the tea in one gulp.
Faced with the "untouchable" Xia Lili, everyone else at the dinner table looked unhappy.
Mr. Wang, who was sitting on Xia Lili's left, was holding a bottle of white wine and pouring it into Xia Lili's glass.
"Xiao Xia, I'll pour you some wine myself, so you have to drink with me."
Mr. Wang had a smile on his face and put his fat hand on the back of Xia Lili's chair.
"If you don't drink, you're not giving me face."
Xia Lili curled her lips. If the people she would interact with in the future were all such difficult people, then there was no point in fighting for this job.
"Mr. Wang, I don't look down on you, I look down on the disease."
"I'm really allergic to alcohol."
Xia Lili's mental state was on the verge of letting herself go: "Then please help me call an ambulance first. I'll drink as soon as the ambulance arrives!"
Mr. Wang's smile froze on his face, and he said, "Okay, very good."
"Mr. Zhang, you hired a good assistant. He might be able to endure it."
The atmosphere in the box was a little tense for a moment.
"Boss Wang, why are you drinking with a junior assistant? You're lowering your status."
Zhang Xiujie toasted Mr. Wang to apologize, then whispered to Xia Lili, "What are you doing? This is your job responsibility."
Xia Lili expressionlessly opened the job posting on her phone: "That's not on the list, Mr. Zhang!"
Zhang Xiujie had a cold face.
Xia Lili's crazy speech just now made these people not want to talk to her anymore, and they started bragging about the economy, military affairs and policies.
At this time, Mr. He, who had gone out to the bathroom, came back.
With a flushed face, he said to the people in the box, "Guess who I just ran into in the hotel lobby."
Everyone looked over curiously: "Who is it? Stop keeping us in suspense."
Mr. He said excitedly: "My fellow countryman, Professor Ren Wenxuan!"
Mr. Wang was puzzled: "Which school is the professor from?"
Everyone around him laughed at him: "Hey, Old Wang, you're out of date! Professor Ren Wenxuan is a big shot and a leader in the chip field!"
"Wasn't Mr. He's hometown, Tieguan Island, designated as an emerging economic development zone? This remarkable Professor Ren deserves 90% of the credit."
"Yes!" Mr. He said proudly, "Professor Ren is from Tieguan Island. He was born in a fishing family and went all the way to Tsinghua University. He received his master's and doctoral degrees at Harvard and is engaged in chip research."
"Professor Ren turned down a high-paying offer from a top global research team abroad and returned to his hometown to contribute."
Tieguan Island is an island about a hundred kilometers away from Yangcheng. It has been listed as a key economic development zone in order to prepare for the construction of a science city.
The sea conditions near Tieguan Island are stable and far away from earthquake zones. In addition, databases for chip manufacturing are generally built underwater, which enables efficient heat dissipation. Tieguan Island does have good development potential.
Mr. He boasted, "I just said hello to Professor Ren. He said he would treat me to a meal someday when he's free to talk about investing in the chip industry."
Mr. Wang laughed and said, "You are so familiar with Professor Ren, why don't you invite him to the private room for a drink and a meal and chat now?"
Mr. He shook his head. "Professor Ren just got off the plane after attending a symposium in the capital. His wife loves the crispy pork and sweet and sour spare ribs from the Hetang Restaurant, and she's in a hurry to get home!"
Someone said, "Wow, Professor Ren and his wife are both in their fifties, and their relationship is still so good after all these years. It's already ten o'clock, and he still thinks about bringing food for his wife."
Mr. He knows his hometown very well: "Tieguan Island is still under development, there is nothing good to eat there."
Xia Lili found it a little funny listening to the conversation of the crowd. These people were praising others' character while doing things that made things difficult for others.
Everyone drank, clinked glasses, and chatted, and it was already ten o'clock.
Mr. He suggested, "It's ten o'clock, and we've been in the box for over two hours. Let's change places."
Xia Lili originally thought that everyone was about to leave, but she was struck by lightning when she heard this.
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