Chapter 196 – The Little Assistant starting a new job

Translator: ChuRen/ YuQiChen

“The newly added position is the President’s Assistant.”

Everyone exchanged surprised looks.

Zhong Xiaoling stared at Miss Chen from HR in amazement, his eyes practically sparkling.

Someone asked incredulously, “President’s Assistant? Which president’s assistant is it?”

Ji Corporation was such a large company—with one president, several vice presidents, and more.

“Ji Corporation’s president, Ji Shinan.”

Everyone showed expressions of disbelief. They hadn’t expected such a position to be open, not by internal transfer but by direct recruitment of new hires.

To be honest, when Miss Chen first received this request, she almost thought she had misheard.

That was the president of Ji Corporation—how could he possibly need an assistant from the new employees?

New hires were definitely not as competent as the senior staff. No matter how outstanding, rookies needed time to be trained before they could be used effectively.

Especially since Ji Shinan was known to be very strict.

It was said that he had extremely high demands of his subordinates. People in the president’s office were the backbone of the company—selected through multiple rounds—and all were highly experienced, extremely capable, and very sought after wherever they went.

Of course, since President Ji demanded so much, he also paid salaries that did justice to their talent, so these people were willing to work for him.

So when Miss Chen first heard the news, she thought she was mistaken and asked repeatedly before confirming:

The president wanted to choose a personal assistant from among the newly hired rookies.

As far as she knew, the all-around Secretary Li already handled similar assistant duties, and the president himself had a very clean private life with no personal matters for Secretary Li to attend to.

Why did they suddenly need to recruit a personal assistant now?

Could it be that…

Secretary Li had fallen out of favour?

Putting aside her doubts, Miss Chen continued: “Those interested in applying for the president’s personal assistant position, please hand me your resumes.”

Someone asked, “How many people are they recruiting?”

Miss Chen: “One person.”

Although this was expected, everyone couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed. With so many candidates present, only one would be chosen—that was truly one in a hundred.

“What’s your major?” Zhong Xiaoling asked Tang Qing while waiting.

Tang Qing, not wanting to engage with this overly familiar guy, didn’t answer.

However, Zhong Xiaoling glanced down at the resume in Tang Qing’s hand, then chuckled knowingly, “No wonder your aura is so unique.”

Tang Qing was an art student who graduated from a famous art academy in the country.

It wasn’t surprising that Zhong Xiaoling was being sarcastic; Tang Qing himself knew that with his level, as an art academy graduate, even interviewing for a regular assistant position was tough—there was no way he could be considered for the president’s assistant.

But his mission was to get close to the legendary president of Ji Corporation, so he had no choice but to muster courage and submit a resume along with everyone else.

Zhong Xiaoling, on the other hand, was very confident. He believed this position was tailor-made for him. With his uncle’s influence, sneaking in wouldn’t be difficult. Once he became Ji Shinan’s personal assistant, managing Ji Shinan would be a piece of cake.

So he walked into the meeting room with a big smile and walked out smiling as well.

Before leaving, he even pretended to cheer Tang Qing on with a playful gesture.

Tang Qing felt this guy was weird and just pretended not to see it.

After waiting for a long time, it was finally Tang Qing’s turn to enter the meeting room.

However, when Miss Chen asked him several questions, he stumbled over his answers.

In the end, Miss Chen looked at Tang Qing with a complicated expression, and Tang Qing, feeling embarrassed with flushed cheeks, walked out of the room.

He deeply felt that he was just there to be the denominator.

He hoped System 99 wouldn’t be too disappointed when it learned his interview result (ε｀).

After Tang Qing left, Miss Chen shook her head and put his resume aside.

These were all candidates who couldn’t pass the initial screening.

After the interviews ended, Miss Chen took out a dozen or so of the better resumes she had filtered.

Unexpectedly, it was Secretary Li from the president’s office who personally came to her to collect the materials.

Having worked as HR in the company for many years, she had never had the chance to interact with anyone from the legendary president’s office before.

She tidied up the materials and picked up the remaining hundreds of resumes, ready to shred them.

Unexpectedly, a few minutes later, Secretary Li hurried back.

“Xiao Chen, give me all the resumes,” Secretary Li said urgently.

Miss Chen was puzzled.

“All the resumes? There are hundreds, and the quality varies widely—some candidates are just a waste of time…”

“Yes, all of them,” Secretary Li interrupted.

Miss Chen handed over all the resumes to Secretary Li.

He left the HR department holding the thick stack of resumes.

In truth, he was also confused.

President Ji had suddenly requested this morning to recruit a personal assistant from the newcomers. After personally reviewing the resumes, he said none were suitable and wanted to see all of them.

As someone who handled countless affairs daily, how could President Ji be personally involved in such a trivial matter?

Could it be that…

President Ji was dissatisfied with him and was indirectly signalling a reprimand?

Secretary Li knocked and handed the resumes to Ji Shinan, who sat behind his desk.

He thought the president would spend a long time reviewing the numerous resumes.

But, unexpectedly, a few minutes later, Ji Shinan called him back, expressionless, pulled out one resume decisively, and said:

“This one.”

Secretary Li left the office and immediately scrutinised the resume line by line, trying to figure out who this “Tang Qing” was.

This Tang Qing had graduated for a few years but had zero work experience.

His education was barely passable, and he majored in art—completely unrelated to the position.

The only highlight was that while others used formal, meticulous photos, Tang Qing’s was an artistic shot.

Not professional at all—obviously a workplace rookie.

Secretary Li pondered over the resume repeatedly but couldn’t find anything impressive.

The only explanation was…

A few days ago, a competitor had secretly contacted him with a high salary offer to poach him, and President Ji had found out!

So President Ji was deliberately using this rookie to warn him: even a clueless art student could handle his work.

A cold sweat appeared on Secretary Li’s forehead.

Although Ji Shinan had only recently taken over Ji Corporation, his methods were ruthless and fierce. Those old, established companies that were once defiant had all been subdued. Everyone in the industry knew not to easily offend the youngest president of Ji Corporation.

Secretary Li sighed.

Ji Shinan’s deep scheming was indeed not to be underestimated. From now on, he would have to tread carefully.

…

The next day, Tang Qing arrived punctually at Ji Corporation.

Last night, when Tang Qing received the HR email about the interview results, he initially thought it was spam and moved it to his junk folder.

But then Miss Chen personally called him, reminding him to be on time the next day and advised him to wear more formal clothes—not too casual.

Tang Qing was naturally very happy but also a little puzzled.

There were so many people there who looked competent—could it be that they all performed worse than him?

【Congratulations, host. Now you have the opportunity to observe the villain more closely.】 System 99 set off fireworks in Tang Qing’s mind. It could hardly believe Tang Qing had actually passed the interview.

“Yeah! I will complete the mission well!” Tang Qing declared enthusiastically.

Upon arriving at the company, Miss Chen took him to the 32nd floor, the top floor, and reminded him, “This is the president’s private elevator. The president won’t ride this elevator with us. Unless you have something to report to the president, you’re not allowed to take this elevator.”

“Ah…?”

Tang Qing blinked in confusion.

He wasn’t sure if he remembered wrong, but he thought he had taken this very elevator yesterday.

Miss Chen didn’t notice anything unusual about Tang Qing and continued introducing the layout of the office area. Finally, she led Tang Qing to the office closest to Ji Shinan’s: “Xiao Tang, you can put your things here first. This phone is the president’s direct line. If he calls you, you must answer immediately.”

Tang Qing nodded knowingly.

Perhaps because it was his first day, Tang Qing didn’t have much work—he just needed to familiarise himself with how to use various office equipment.

In the afternoon, he was notified to help organise documents in the president’s office.

Tang Qing felt a bit nervous.

He wasn’t sure just how fierce this legendary perverted serial killer villain would look.

He took a deep breath and knocked on the office door, “President Ji, may I come in?”

A cold, deep male voice came from inside: “Please enter.”

Tang Qing pushed open the door and stepped inside.

Seated behind the desk was a handsome man wearing a slim, sharp suit. His facial features were striking and well-defined, with sharp brows and a dignified countenance.

Even sitting casually, he emanated an elegant, noble aura—aloof and full of command.

It was the tall man Tang Qing had encountered in the elevator yesterday.

Tang Qing’s eyes widened as he stared blankly at him.

The man glanced at Tang Qing casually, as if seeing him for the first time, and pointed with little interest, business-like:

“Xiao Tang, right? Organise the files over by the cabinet.”

Tang Qing quickly gathered himself, politely nodding, “Yes, President Ji.”

Following Ji Shinan’s indication, Tang Qing walked over to the cabinet and reached out to take some materials.

He wore a fitted shirt, stood on tiptoe, and slightly lifted his head.

The boy’s supple, slender figure stretched gracefully before the man.

His neck was fair and long, elegant like a swan’s; every movement highlighted his delicate waist, slim enough to encircle with a single hand.

Ji Shinan involuntarily sank into memories—when his strong hand gripped that narrow waist, how smooth and velvety the skin felt.

Tang Qing took the documents and carefully organised them.

Unaware, he didn’t notice the man behind him—seemingly on the phone—fixing an intense gaze on him.

With a “pop” sound, Ji Shinan’s pen dropped to the floor.

Tang Qing looked up at the man. The man still held the phone, apparently busy on a call and too distracted to notice.

After thinking for a moment, Tang Qing walked over to help pick up the pen.

But he found the pen had somehow rolled under the desk, close to the man’s leather shoes.

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