First update
Qin Yao opened the door and saw Zhang Shihong standing at the door with a smile on her face. She was tall, about 1.75 meters tall, half a head taller than her husband Wang Jinping. She was a very imposing woman.
She looked ordinary, but her facial features were very three-dimensional. She had a high nose, wrinkles at the corners of her eyes when she smiled, and her hair at the temples was slightly gray. She had a very heroic and majestic appearance, but there was always a subtle discomfort in her eyes that made people feel.
It's basically like this - at first glance she seems to be a warm and naive lady, but upon closer inspection, you'll find she's very smart and it's hard to predict her personality.
Qin Yao was deceived by her first meeting. She had a typical Shandong Province appearance and she thought she was a down-to-earth and honest person. But it turned out that both husband and wife were very shrewd and good at taking advantage of loopholes to gain benefits.
After Zhang Shihong became the building manager, he was very shrewd and got a lot of benefits. He had restrained himself a lot since the last art performance, but recently he returned to his old ways and teamed up with some fellow villagers from the same province to play cards and gamble in the middle of the night for fun. Nothing else, but he did have a lot of relationships with them.
Qin Yao and his wife didn't participate in the card game much, but they were vaguely aware of Zhang Shihong's card game.
Comrade Xiao Qin has lost interest in playing cards after acquiring the "X-ray" skill. All the cards are exposed, so how can he lose? That can only be bad luck, and the opponent had a great start.
"Xiao Qin, you are a leader now. You have a good life now, so you should help others. Recently, regarding the family placement work... you should also think of a way to coordinate with the higher authorities. Can your editorial department also support a few positions?"
Qin Yao invited Zhang Shihong in. Zhang Shihong was drinking tea, speaking in a very gentle tone and keeping a humble attitude. If Qin Yao directly refused, it would seem unkind.
Zhang Shihong whispered about the difficulties faced by various family members and begged Qin Yao to think of a solution and provide more jobs.
"Xiao Qin, I'm speaking from the bottom of my heart. If you're willing to contribute, it will be a good thing for your old Gu. We all owe him a debt of gratitude, don't you think?"
"You have to be a good wife!" Zhang Shihong said with a sincere look on her face, as if I was thinking about you.
"I mean all these things sincerely. I wouldn't say this to other people. You are much younger than me. When you first came here, I treated you as my own sister. Really, you are so pleasing to my eyes..."
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Qin Yao drank tea and listened to her with an expressionless face. When pouring tea, she touched Zhang Shihong's wrist and chose to check her favorability.
[Her Favorability towards You -44 (She Hopes You’ll Get into Trouble!)]
Favorability -44? The last time I checked, it was still -30. Their building manager's favorability towards her has dropped again, just like stocks, unpredictable. This -44 looks really disgusting.
Qin Yao really admired her hypocritical behavior. She obviously hated her so much in her heart, but she could still say "I treat you as my own sister". Her face was as thick as a city wall. Are this couple building the Great Wall at home every day?
"I'll report this to the higher-ups, and they should be able to coordinate two or three positions, but I have to choose the candidates myself."
This is not difficult for Qin Yao. She is now the general manager, deputy director, and editor-in-chief. All personnel in the editorial department are in her hands. She can give more jobs, but Qin Yao knows the truth that "too much is as bad as too little."
Having too many family members may appear to be a benefit, but it will also bring her a lot of trouble. Positions can be provided, but not too many. Two or three are enough. We also cannot recruit troublemakers, especially people like Zhang Shihong, who must be firmly resisted.
Qin Yao plans to recruit a few honest people who don't talk much and work hard. Others who talk a lot and like to build relationships and talk about feelings must not be invited.
The more you say that you have a close relationship with someone, the more you should never hire such an employee. Otherwise, she will be late and leave early and leave whenever she wants. When you mention her, she will start to talk about her relationship with you: "Who are we related to? I have some difficulties at home, so I have to go home early. Can you understand?"
Zhang Shihong was delighted when she heard her agreement. She couldn't hide the joy in her eyes. "That's great. Going to work in the editorial department sounds really impressive. I'll be a cultured person. If people in my village knew that I was going to work in the editorial department, they would envy me so much... Xiao Qin, can I go to your editorial department to help you?"
"Our old Wang said that I am not good at other things, but I am good at management. Look, I have been the building manager for such a long time, I have good organizational and management skills, right?"
Qin Yao: “…” Sister, your Great Wall is really amazing.
How can you be so shameless?
"Sister Zhang, I also want someone like you, but unfortunately, there are no management positions in the editorial department now, only a few odd jobs. You should continue to shine in the school."
"These positions are reserved for families with more difficult circumstances, building manager, you can understand that, right?"
Although Zhang Shihong was unhappy, she did not force it: "Are you sure it is more difficult? You can't choose Chen Xiaoyun, right? Hey, her family is not in financial difficulty, and she has a good relationship with you. You can't use nepotism and let her get in through the back door."
Qin Yao: "Let me choose someone from this floor, Jiang Meiye."
"Oh, she won't go. She has five children to take care of at home." Zhang Shihong waved his hands, thinking that Qin Yao was just talking big without considering the reality at all.
Although she couldn't take advantage of Qin Yao, Zhang Shihong planned to arrange for her good sister to take advantage of Qin Yao.
"Xiao Qin, you are a busy person and you don't know the family members' situation. Let me help you choose. I have been the building manager for so long and I know everything about the family members' situation. I will help you choose a few."
This is Zhang Shihong's real purpose. The work was provided by Qin Yao, she chose the places, and in the end, she was the one who got all the benefits and fame.
Qin Yao: "When the positions are available, I will select the people myself. You can let those who want to come sign up first."
"Okay." Zhang Shihong looked unhappy, but she was still confident. Qin Yao was recruiting people for the editorial department and was probably looking for a few educated people. Her sisters had hope.
After everyone has passed, I must give Qin Yao a good beating and make her suffer.
Zhang Shihong spread the news, which caused a sensation in the family quarters. Many people were eager for the jobs. Who wouldn't want another salary? But now there are too many monks and too little meat to go around.
The work in the editorial department is different from other jobs. Being a worker in a factory, being a ticket seller on a bus... These jobs are good, but none of them sound as respectable as working in the editorial department. You must sit in an office and be a cultured person.
Even if you work as a handyman in the editorial department, when you tell people back home about it, you will become a big shot.
Therefore, many people were attracted.
"To work in the editorial department, do you need to be educated? Although I have only graduated from elementary school, my teacher praised me for my writing skills. If my family hadn't said that it was useless for girls to study, I might have been admitted to university now."
"Pfft - those are all ancient calendars from hundreds of years ago. They always say that you got first place in the elementary school exam, but you wrote a letter with seven or eight typos. Do you have the nerve to say that?"
"You said you wrote a good essay, but it was all filled with typos? You must be lying."
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When Qiao Jie from Room 304 got home and heard about this, she was excited. She thought to herself that she was qualified. Compared with other family members, her education level was definitely among the best. She was also young and able to accept new things. She was much more capable than those older sisters.
Of course, working in the editorial department is more beneficial to Qiao Jie. She used to have many fake sisters in the compound. Qiao Jie had a bad temper and was unmarried at an old age. She caused a lot of gossip. Later, she chose Meng Xian and shut these people up.
Apart from her looks and family background, Meng Xian had everything else to offer, which helped her family gain a lot of face, but no one thought that she had married badly.
If she could still work in the editorial department of a journal with monthly sales of over a million, it would be even more prestigious to tell others about it.
In the past, Qiao Jie really disliked Qin Yao's magazine, but now, thinking that if she could get a job, she feels that all the contents of this lifestyle magazine are good. She even bought one to study at home.
She already imagined herself as an employee of the editorial department.
"Pfft - you want to work in Qin Yao's editorial department?" Her husband Meng Xian came home, and before he could even take a sip of warm water, Qiao Jie took it for granted and made her request.
Meng Xian hoped that he could live a peaceful family life. Although there were quarrels due to Qiao Jie's indiscriminate buying of things during this period, it was not a big problem. He was only wasting his family's savings, and at least he did not provoke others.
As an officer, Meng Xian was reluctant to spend money, but he did not attach much importance to money. After all, he could go a whole year without spending a penny.
If you have no money, you have no money. Once Qiao Jie has spent all her savings, she will have no way to spend it.
In addition, Meng Xianting was very smart and secretly hid a lot of private money. He planned to hide more private money in the future, and he must not let Qiao Jie know about this money.
Qiao Jie wanted to find a job, and Meng Xian didn't stop her. But this woman wanted to work in Qin Yao's editorial department, and Meng Xian was going crazy.
Meng Xian thought he was thick-skinned enough and knew the current situation, but Qiao Jie was really shameless.
Did this guy forget how he quarreled with Qin Yao before?
Qiao Jie put on a high attitude: "I went to work for her to give her face. It's better to hire me than those crooked ones. I'm also doing this for Qin Yao's good. She should thank me."
"Qin Yao should have given me a good position and invited me over."
Meng Xian continued to drink water. He felt funny in his heart. This woman wanted other people's good position, but she was too embarrassed to do so and asked others to treat her.
"Go lie down and sleep, the dreams will come faster."
Every day Meng Xian spent with Qiao Jie refreshed his worldview, making it hard for him to imagine that there could be such a "person" in the world.
As a child from a poor family, Meng Xian learned to bend down and bow his head since he was a child. When his mother was sick, he followed his father to go from door to door to beg for money... In his opinion, face is not something that can be eaten, and he has no pride. He is very good at reading people's faces and acting in a humble manner to please his leaders and gain the favor of others.
Qiao Jie's way of dealing with people made his head explode. How could she openly and without guilt ask everyone to be nice to her and coax her?
Meng Xian was extremely disgusted with Qiao Jie, and the thought of divorce kept flashing through his mind, but after wavering for so long, he still hadn't gotten a divorce.
His feelings towards Qiao Jie were extremely complicated, including disgust and indescribable envy. He would never be able to learn Qiao Jie's superior attitude. He had never been so unscrupulous, willful, and annoying as her in making all kinds of unreasonable demands...
After all, a husband and wife are bound by a hundred days of grace, Meng Xian thought, so he just endured it for now.
"What are you dreaming about, Mr. Meng? Aren't you good at pleasing people? Go build a relationship with Gu Cheng and let him persuade you."
Meng Xian: “…”
You might as well kill me!
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