"Little Candy, would you be interested in trying a part-time job?"
While having lunch at a fast food restaurant, Lu Zhe posed this question to Tang Qi.
Xue Xiaodie continued eating her food without making a sound, but silently pricked up her ears and observed.
Tang Qi's reaction surprised Lu Zhe and Xue Xiaodie slightly.
The young lady's eyes lit up, and she looked quite interested, saying, "Great! I can give it a try! But what kind of job is it?"
Why would a daughter of an extremely wealthy family be so interested in part-time job opportunities?
Lu Zhe asked directly, "Are you still short of money?"
Tang Qi blinked: "I don't lack it, but I've never earned money on my own before, and I've never worked. I'd like to try something new like this."
That sounded reasonable, so Lu Zhe didn't think much of it and said, "Actually, it's just something I did before: chatting with Xiao Qiu to test the AI's intelligence."
Tang Qi: "How is the salary calculated?"
Lu Zhe: "If you're interested, you can come to our office this afternoon and talk to Ms. Xia. She just asked me to inquire about your intentions; she hasn't determined the specific salary figure yet."
Upon hearing that she was going to see President Xia, Tang Qi hesitated for a moment. However, considering her precarious financial situation, the young lady bravely nodded: "Okay, I'll go with you later!"
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Half an hour later, Lu Zhe returned to his office. However, unlike before, this time he wasn't alone.
Behind him was a petite and adorable girl.
To avoid appearing too childish, Tang Qi untied her pigtails and opted for a high single ponytail. However, this only made her look less like a "lolita" (young girl); she still exuded youthful energy, resembling a high school student who hadn't yet graduated.
As Tang Qi followed Lu Zhe into the office, she attracted the attention of most of her colleagues. Some of the programmers, in particular, who had anime figurines on their desks, stared at her intently.
"Hey, they're all looking at me..." the young lady couldn't help but whisper.
Lu Zhe shrugged: "Because you're good-looking, isn't that normal? I thought you were already used to it."
"No way..."
Tang Qi blushed slightly, unsure whether it was from the gazes lingering on her or from Lu Zhe's earlier comment, "Because you're beautiful."
Next, when Lu Zhe led her to push open the door to the president's office, it aroused the curiosity of their colleagues. Of course, Lu Zhe had no time to care about what others thought, and they certainly wouldn't barge in to ask.
When she pushed open the door, Xia Xiaobing was jogging on the treadmill. Hearing the door open, she turned around, glanced at it, and pressed a button on the treadmill.
Lu Zhe asked with a smile, "President Xia, did your foot injury heal so quickly?"
As the treadmill gradually came to a stop, Xia Xiaobing's pace also slowed down until it came to a complete halt.
She jumped off the treadmill with ease and smiled, "So thanks to your help, otherwise it would have taken ten days or half a month to recover, which would have been troublesome. Now, it was handled very quickly, and there are no problems. We can still arrange the ball game this week."
Tang Qi couldn't help but ask, "President Xia, they're playing soccer, and you're cheering them on?"
Xia Xiaobing raised an eyebrow: "Why be a cheerleader?"
Tang Qi: "We can't exactly go out and play, can we?"
Xia Xiaobing smiled and asked in return, "Why can't I go up and kick it?"
Tang Qi noticed that although Xia Xiaobing was smiling, her gaze was rather serious. It seemed this wasn't a joke?
Tang Qi exclaimed in surprise, "You're really good at soccer!"
Xia Xiaobing snapped her fingers, walked behind her desk, and sat down.
Lu Zhe then explained for her, "President Xia is really good at soccer, and she plays very well. She's probably the best player on our company team..."
Xia Xiaobing interrupted, "That's not necessarily true. Lu Zhe, you play better than me."
Lu Zhe: "Because of gender differences. If we eliminate the differences in strength and speed between men and women, then I might not necessarily be stronger than President Xia."
Tang Qi glanced at Xia Xiaobing, who looked relaxed, and then at Lu Zhe, completely stunned.
She realized a problem.
If being able to play games with Lu Zhe and having common interests is a plus, then how much of a plus is it that CEO Xia can play football with him?
Girls who play video games aren't hard to find, but girls who can play soccer, and are actually pretty good at it, are quite rare, aren't they?
Tang Qi silently observed President Xia.
Xia Xiaobing casually tidied the hair behind her ear, but the confidence and charm in her every move made the young lady feel that she was invincible.
But Tang Qi quickly regained her composure. She knew that no matter how powerful President Xia was, he certainly hadn't achieved what she had set out to do the previous night.
Lu Zhe's first kiss this year was undoubtedly his own!
Thinking of this, Tang Qi secretly made up her mind—she absolutely could not let President Xia discover any clues about her secret actions, otherwise, she was really afraid of what this older sister would do to her.
Xia Xiaobing was also sizing her up when she suddenly said, "I know Miss Tang comes from a very wealthy family, so she probably wouldn't care about such a small amount of money..."
Tang Qi quickly said, "No, no, no, I think the money in the house belongs to the family, and the money I earn myself is more meaningful, so I won't look down on it. To tell you the truth, I've only ever known how to spend money since I was a child, and I've never earned any money before."
Xia Xiaobing smiled and said, "Let me first explain my job requirements. I need to talk to the AI in the speaker for five hours every day. If I can do that every day of the month, my monthly salary will be five thousand."
Tang Qi: "Do I need to come to the office?"
Xia Xiaobing shook her head: "No need to go to the office, just stay at home. I heard from Lu Zhe that you're a homebody and don't like going out much, right? That's perfect, in a quiet environment, no one will bother you, you can chat with the AI as you like."
Tang Qi thought for a moment and muttered, "This job doesn't seem to require any skills..."
Xia Xiaobing laughed and said, "Yes, I think this treatment is already very good. Testers at other companies don't earn this much so easily."
Lu Zhe, who was standing nearby, suddenly asked, "But how do we determine if we've chatted for a full five hours in a day? How is that time calculated?"
Xia Xiaobing's tone remained calm and normal, frank and open: "So there's another requirement, which is that the machine should not be turned off 24 hours a day, and the speakers should always be on. That way, every now and then, you can bring the speakers over for us to check the working hours, and that will be fine."
Tang Qi asked, somewhat confused, "Does it have to be on all the time?"
Xia Xiaobing smiled and said, "This makes it easier to track working hours. There's no other way; the product is still in the experimental stage and not perfect enough."
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