Chapter 382 - Doing It Herself (2/2)
The lounge’s glass door was once again slid open with a “woosh,” and a tall lady walked in, dressed fashionably and wearing high heels. She had an oval-shaped face and was wearing black-rimmed spectacles. Her lenses were not at all thin, and it implied that she was also acutely short-sighted.
Upon seeing that, Guan Tong quickly took out his glasses from his jacket’s inner pocket and put them on.
“Why are there only two of you?”
The tall lady was visibly surprised and immediately flipped through the documents she carried with her. She confirmed that there were supposed to be eight candidates today. But it was already 9 o’clock, and yet, there were only the two of them in the lounge. Naturally, she felt something was amiss.
“I don’t know. There were only two of us when I arrived. I don’t think the others turned up,” Guan Tong got up and said.
Guan Tong’s response made Xiao Luo cough dryly. For all the years that he had known Guan Tong, he never once realized in the past that this man was so skilled in telling lies. Guan Tong put on a straight face, and he looked persuasive—he wasn’t blushing, his heart didn’t appear to be thumping any faster, and if Xiao Luo had not witnessed what had happened himself, he would’ve believed every word Guan Tong just said.
“They didn’t come? How is that possible!”
The doubt on the tall lady’s face became more pronounced as Huayao Corporation was one of the top large enterprises in the country, and it was even comparable to Jiangcheng City’s Chongshan House. Countless job seekers dreamt of joining them and would scramble at such an opportunity, so how would they not show up?
Then, the tall lady’s phone rang.
She quickly took her phone out, and on seeing the caller’s information, she immediately perked up with an expression of deference and was continually nodding her head. “Mmm, okay, I got it, I got it!”
However, after the call ended, she looked at Xiao Luo and Guan Tong with a troubled expression. She didn’t know what was going on today, but Miss Shen herself wanted to interview this batch of candidates. But here comes the problem, of the 8 jobseekers, only 2 remained, so, should she be taking only the two of them to her boss?
“Pretty interviewer, may I inquire, what’s happening?” Guan Tong asked, as seeing the unusual look on her face, he wanted to probe further.
“Miss Shen wants to interview all of you herself,” the tall woman answered.
Guan Tong was shocked, “Miss Shen? Chairman Shen Qingyan?”
The tall woman nodded in affirmation.
“Mother of Heavens, Miss Shen wants to interview us herself? This… t-this…”
Guan Tong was overwhelmed. This was just like playing dou dizhu [2], where the opponent had put down the strongest combination before anyone could even play a card. It really blew his mind, and his head was abuzz.
Xiao Luo frowned. He was a 100 percent sure that Su Li had already made prior arrangements with Shen Qingyan. Why else would she have personally engaged herself in such trivial matters as the recruitment of employees?
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A while later, the tall lady had led Xiao Luo and Guan Tong to an opulent office at the end of the floor and gently knocked on the door. Immediately, a clear and refine voice came from within. “Come in.”
The tall lady pushed the door open, and there, seated on her a plush chair in a gray business suit, was Shen Qingyan. She had a very full and appealing figure, and her natural beauty was accentuated by only light eyeshadow.
“Miss Shen. We have a total of two interviewees today. They are waiting right for you outside,” the tall lady reported.
Shen Qingyan raised her head, put down her pen, and furrowed her eyebrows. “What? Why are there only two? Go, find out what happened. I want an answer in 5 minutes,” she said.
“Yes, Miss Shen.”
The tall woman answered nervously then quickly stepped out.
***Footnotes:[1] 666: a Chinese internet slang, meaning, “You’re doin’ amazing, sweetie!”[2] Dou dizhu: is a Chinese card game in the genre of shedding and gambling.