Leisurely Traveler with Check-in System

Chapter 25: Chapter 25: He Turned Himself into a Symbol

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Zhu Qingyue would still share her secrets with Sweetness, without holding back.

But at this moment, Sweetness, who was on the plane, exclaimed: ”You’re crazy, you must be crazy, you said yourself, that guy has an ex-girlfriend.”

Zhu Qingyue had anticipated Sweetness’s reaction. She said seriously, ”First, I’m just curious about him right now, it’s not to the extent you think.”

She paused and then continued, ”Second, I still have my first love, but I don’t care if my boyfriend is a first love. What I care about is him as a person. If he’s good enough, even if he’s been in a relationship before, his ex is just cannon fodder, you understand cannon fodder, right? Cannon fodder is just there to make me stand out.”

Sweetness stared blankly at Zhu Qingyue, knowing full well that her best friend seemed gentle and carefree, but was actually a very proud person at heart.

Sweetness shook her head repeatedly, muttering, ”You’re simply crazy. The cannon fodder I understand is the ashes left after a bombardment. Why don’t you care about who did the bombing?”

Regarding Sweetness’s brazen statement, Zhu Qingyue pretended not to hear and said, ”This time, when I go back, I’ll convince my parents to start a long-term journey. Over the past two years, I’ve made some savings by writing novels, enough to support myself for a while, wandering around. And I can write novels, right? I can write anywhere, and make money to support myself.”

Sweetness pulled a face, ”What about me?”

Zhu Qingyue was silent for a moment. She knew that Sweetness couldn’t let go of everything like she could. For Sweetness, traveling could only be a condiment to life, far from being life itself.

Zhu Qingyue didn’t answer Sweetness. It was really hard to answer, as they had been good friends since kindergarten.

Seeing Zhu Qingyue’s expression, Sweetness knew she couldn’t persuade Zhu Qingyue no matter what. She could only keep chattering on about how ”crazy” Zhu Qingyue was.

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Today is a sunny day.

Lin’an City.

Chenke Group, as a Fortune 500 multinational company, having a promotion to a supervisor position is something that can make someone happy for a month.

Everyone looked expectantly at General Manager Shi Xiaolin. This quarter, their department’s performance was excellent, securing two major projects with state-owned enterprises.

And as a main contributor to this victory, Zhang Jun was undoubtedly the most likely candidate to become the new supervisor. In fact, the night before, Zhang Jun had already celebrated early with champagne.

He didn’t feel that anyone could openly take this position from him. Everyone knew Chenke was a very pragmatic and fair company.

Everyone was waiting for Shi Xiaolin to announce the result.

Today, Zhang Jun specially wore a brand-new white shirt, with expensive Hermes belt around his waist, which he had bought with a few months’ savings. After being promoted to supervisor, his salary would be four times what it was now, so an occasional luxury seemed acceptable.

He enjoyed the expectation, not feeling anxious at all. After all, what’s there to be anxious about if it’s a sure thing?

He thought, no other sales personnel could take this supervisor position from him. He also thought that just yesterday, the girl he had been pursuing for a long time finally showed some signs of moving. Zhang Jun knew that as soon as Shi Xiaolin officially announced it, if he asked her out that evening, she would definitely agree.

At this moment, everyone intentionally or unintentionally cast their eyes over. Some were envious, some felt it was well-deserved, and a few had envy mixed in their gaze.

Zhang Jun calmly enjoyed these gazes.

Shi Xiaolin finally got to the point and said, ”This time’s project, the headquarters holds us in high regard. This is the result of the entire company’s joint efforts. The headquarters specially set up a new supervisor position for us.”

The department was very quiet, as the content Shi Xiaolin announced had long been spread, and was no secret.

After a pause, Shi Xiaolin continued, ”So next, let’s have the new supervisor come in and say a few words to everyone.”

The air became even quieter, as no one reacted to what had just happened.

The door had opened, air flowed in, and Zhang Jun was dumbfounded.

What does it mean by ”having the new supervisor come in and say a few words”? Shouldn’t it be ”having the new supervisor stand up and say a few words” at a time like this?

Today, he sat in the best spot, back straight, having even polished his shoes, all for standing up and addressing everyone. He had even rehearsed his speech 800 times.

So, he was furious, but still held back, wanting to see who this supervisor parachuted into Chenke was.

Then, a man walked in from outside the door, exuding charm, with his head lowered and his hair covering his eyes.

”Huang Xiaoyang, from the technical department.” He raised his head, his gaze captivating.

This time, everyone was equally shocked.

Zhang Jun’s once excited heart dropped to freezing point upon seeing Huang Xiaoyang.

For Chenke, the name Huang Xiaoyang was not unfamiliar. There’s no one who’s been at Chenke for over a month and hasn’t heard his name.

But for most people, they’ve only heard the name, and couldn’t recall his appearance. One reason being the people from the technical department seldom appeared in social settings, the other being that Huang Xiaoyang had made himself a symbol.

At project conferences, he spoke on behalf of the new generation of technical engineers; at employee sports meets, he was the core defender for Greater China, shooting three-pointers that pierced the heart of other regional teams; at company annual meetings, many saw him playing the violin from afar, his slender frame almost blended into the light and shadow.

It’s said that such an impressive person like Huang Xiaoyang had already been dazzling during university.

If it were someone else taking this supervisor position, Zhang Jun could still argue, could still appeal to higher-level departments. Given the fairness of Chenke, it wasn’t an impossible task.

But if this person is Huang Xiaoyang, Zhang Jun didn’t even have the thought of resisting.

Standing from the sales department’s perspective, he might have been the absolute contributor to these two projects. But for the entire Group, his contribution seemed insignificant.

Everyone knew, the ability to clinch those two projects was fundamentally due to the big shots in the technical department. They revised a plan within three days, which other companies couldn’t complete in a month, and finally won the bid smoothly.

And the outstanding one among them was naturally Huang Xiaoyang in front of him.

The only question is... a technical person in a sales position?

Huang Xiaoyang’s gaze swept over everyone’s faces and then calmly said, ”From now on, we’ll be colleagues.”

There wasn’t a lengthy speech, nor did he intentionally try to close the distance with everyone. He still seemed like a symbol, standing afar greeting everyone.

After the brief meeting, Huang Xiaoyang didn’t stay too long in the office.

When he came out of the office building, he looked at his watch, there was just half an hour until lunch time.

He took out his phone and called someone.

The name displayed on the phone screen was Li Younan.