Chapter 1: Graduating Soon, Salary 15,000

"Brothers, I think I've found a job."

Jiangcheng.

Jianghai University of Science and Technology, Dormitory 803.

As soon as the words left Shen Huai's mouth.

The previously intense sound of keyboard clacking came to an abrupt halt, and everyone's gaze focused on Shen Huai.

"What? You found a job?" roommate Zhang Ye asked in surprise.

"What kind of job?" Zhao Xinqiang took off his headphones.

"Which company?" Li Dapang also leaned over, his face full of curiosity.

Shen Huai slowly spat out a few words: "Xingyao Media."

The atmosphere in the dormitory instantly solidified.

The games in the three men's hands suddenly became dull and flavorless.

We agreed to lie flat together after graduation, and you went and secretly started grinding? Grinding is one thing, but it's Xingyao, for heaven's sake?

Xingyao Media, that is a top-tier entertainment company in the country.

For students like them majoring in marketing, it's a place they would break their heads and even pay to get into!

"Holy crap? Xingyao?"

"Did the smoke from your ancestral grave start rising?"

Zhang Ye was so envious his eyes were almost turning purple, "I've heard that top media companies like Xingyao never recruit students from second-tier universities like ours."

Shen Huai shrugged, "Perhaps it's 'unlucky in love, lucky in career'?"

"Unlucky in love, my ass."

Li Dapang scoffed, "The number of your ex-girlfriends is higher than the number of girls the three of us have met in four years of college, and you call that unlucky in love?"

"But I was indeed dumped."

"And it was a unilateral notification."

Shen Huai smiled helplessly, his thoughts returning to a week ago.

When the school beauty Li Xinran called him to propose a breakup.

He was still outside looking for an apartment.

After all, they were about to graduate in their senior year, and everyone would be going their separate ways.

Naturally, the sooner the matter of the apartment was settled, the better.

Li Xinran liked spacious rooms with balconies and didn't like the western sun.

So after looking at several, she always felt something was missing.

Either the light was dim, or the price was too expensive.

Just as Shen Huai was following the agent, intending to head to the next one, Li Xinran's call came through.

"Hello, Shen Huai, is it convenient for you to talk?"

Li Xinran's tone was somewhat dull, which made Shen Huai feel that something was wrong.

"What's wrong, Xinran? It's convenient, go ahead."

Shen Huai signaled the agent to wait for him a moment, then silently walked to a deserted corner.

Li Xinran took a breath before slowly speaking: "Shen Huai, let's... break up."

"... Break up, why?" Shen Huai couldn't help but grip his phone tighter, "Did I do something that made you unhappy?"

"No, nothing, you're very good."

Li Xinran bit her lip, paused, and got straight to the point: "I was scouted and signed with an agency."

"They promised to give me resources and let me become a star."

Li Xinran's tone carried a plea, "Shen Huai, I don't want to just be an ordinary office worker like this, wasting my life from nine to five every day."

"I want to be famous, I want to live in a big villa, these are things you can't give me."

"So Shen Huai, I will never give up this opportunity, do you understand?"

Shen Huai laughed.

He wasn't a fool; how could he not understand?

Isn't this just Li Xinran's basic operation of "the first sword after reaching the shore is to slay the lover"? "So you want to break up with me because you're afraid others will know you've been in a relationship, right?" Shen Huai sneered.

Li Xinran felt a bit guilty: "The contract says I must guarantee that I am single, so... I'm sorry, Shen Huai, I can't be with you anymore."

"Fine."

Shen Huai gripped his phone tightly, his expression somewhat dim.

"You agree?" Li Xinran let out a huge sigh of relief, "I knew it, you're such a good person."

It would have been better if she hadn't said that; saying it was enough to make Shen Huai die of anger.

"This is your decision, I naturally respect it."

"I wish you a smooth path to stardom in the future, let's delete each other."

After Shen Huai said this coldly, he hung up the phone with a "click."

He looked at the couple's profile picture of himself and Li Xinran on WeChat, his eyes flickering.

Block, delete, change profile picture.

All in one go.

Shen Huai was a veteran of many battles.

Regarding this thing called love, he had long been able to come and go freely. He never liked to drag things out, and he liked playing "hard to get" even less.

Regardless of who proposed the breakup.

Once a breakup happens, it is a real breakup.

A thorough breakup, a clean breakup, never looking back.

At school, everyone thought he and Li Xinran were a talented man and a beautiful woman, a match that could not be more perfect.

Shen Huai was handsome and stylish, and Li Xinran was a beauty as clear as autumn waters.

Standing together, they were the most eye-catching presence in the school.

But since Li Xinran had already made her choice, Shen Huai naturally had no reason to refuse.

After clearing out everything related to Li Xinran from his phone.

Only then did Shen Huai stand up and go to the agent, saying apologetically: "I'm sorry, I might not need to rent a place for the time being."

Withdrawing his thoughts.

Shen Huai met three pairs of scrutinizing eyes head-on.

Li Dapang: "Confess honestly, how did you get in?"

Zhang Ye: "What position?"

Zhao Xinqiang: "What's the salary?"

Shen Huai helplessly rubbed his temples.

"Xingyao Public Relations Department, 12,000 during the probation period, 15,000 after becoming a regular employee, six insurances and two funds, two days off on weekends, ten-to-five schedule, free meals, 13-month salary..."

"... Holy crap, enough, stop!"

Zhang Ye was pulling his hair out: "You're a fresh graduate, and they're offering you fifteen thousand?"

The other two were also so shocked their jaws couldn't close: "Shen Huai... no, Brother Shen, our brother, how on earth did you manage to do it?"

"How exactly did you submit your resume? I checked the Xingyao official website and there's no recruitment portal, right?"

Shen Huai scratched his head and sighed: "This... maybe it's just pure luck?"

"I didn't submit a resume; Xingyao contacted me proactively."

"Then they initiated an online interview, and after it ended, they sent me an offer."

Shen Huai's tone was relaxed.

As if getting a Xingyao offer was as simple as eating and drinking.

It was truly infuriating.

The three roommates looked at each other, their expressions as if they had eaten shit.

One fears their brother will suffer, yet one fears their brother will drive a Range Rover.

Well, now, the brother didn't suffer, and he's driving a Range Rover.

It was simply a double blow!

"What kind of questions did the interviewer ask? Let me broaden my horizons, consider it learning from the masters," Zhang Ye asked.

For interview experiences at big companies like this, listening more is never wrong.

Shen Huai thought for a moment, his expression somewhat troubled: "Then you probably can't learn from this master."

"Why?" the three asked in unison.

"Because the interviewer asked nothing but questions about ex-girlfriends."

Once these words were out.

The three were silent.

This conversation couldn't go on! Watching their frustrated expressions, Shen Huai couldn't help but chuckle.

Although his words were just teasing, he was actually surprised himself that he could get the Xingyao offer.

The questions the interviewer asked him were still vivid in his mind even now.

"If you encounter your ex-girlfriend at the company, what should you do?"

"If other colleagues are also your ex-girlfriends, what should you do?"

"What if the company is full of ex-girlfriends? What should you do then?"

"..."

Ex-girlfriend.

Ex-girlfriend.

Still ex-girlfriend.

Shen Huai didn't understand why the HR at Xingyao was so obsessed with the words "ex-girlfriend."

They didn't ask a single thing about professional knowledge or skills, just going back and forth on "ex-girlfriend."

In the end, it made Shen Huai's palms sweat and his back drenched, so he simply let himself go and answered randomly.

He had originally thought there was no hope.

As a result, less than five minutes after the interview ended.

He received the employment offer from Xingyao.

【Congratulations on passing the interview, welcome to the Xingyao Public Relations Department.】

(End of chapter)