Chapter 316: Urban Card-Drawing System (22)

The atmosphere was overly lively; Xie Yang was surrounded by classmates who came one after another to toast her and express their gratitude, making it impossible for her to even eat her meal.

When she went to toast the teachers, they also enthusiastically held onto her and said quite a lot to her.

To turn the page as quickly as possible, she recalled a piece of news she had heard while accompanying Chen Jiani to visit the museum a while back and took the initiative to change the subject:

"I heard that the Jiangcheng Museum is preparing a branch for cultural relic collections and will organize a large-scale special recruitment fair for the cultural relic hall in late July. Those of you who haven't settled on a workplace yet can prepare your resumes and go give it a try."

"Really?"

"Xie Yang, where did you hear that? Is the news reliable?"

Xie Yang did not say that she had taken a liking to an exhibit and that the staff member receiving her had revealed it inadvertently.

She only said she heard it while viewing an exhibition at the museum, the news should be reliable, and if they were truly worried, they could follow the museum's official account; such a big event as a special recruitment fair should have an announcement posted in advance.

"That's great! If I could get into the museum and work in my major, I'd laugh in my dreams!"

"If it's a special recruitment, there should be quite a few positions. Everyone, work hard and strive for us all to go work at the cultural relic hall!"

Although it was just a piece of recruitment news, for classmates with uncertain futures, it was undoubtedly good news that provided help in a time of need.

The classmates gathered around one after another to thank Xie Yang, and incidentally invited her to prepare and apply together.

Xie Yang smiled and waved her hands: "I have other things to do, so I won't go. You all prepare well, I wish you all your heart's desires!"

She was going to hitch a ride on the new yacht Uncle Song bought to go out to sea next month, and she didn't know which day she would return, so she wouldn't join in on this excitement.

Besides, the classmates were going for the sake of competing for jobs; the more people who applied, the more intense the competition would be. She didn't really need this job, so why go and increase everyone's employment pressure?

The classmates didn't know that, and upon hearing this, they were moved beyond measure:

Xie Yang is just too good!

Not only did she tell them such important news, but she also withdrew from the competition herself.

She must be worried that there are more monks than gruel and not enough positions to go around, so she's prioritizing her classmates, which is why she isn't applying.

Don't say that rich people don't care about positions; it depends on what kind of position it is.

Civil servants, central enterprises, state-owned enterprises, and public institution positions—rich people still like them and still care about them.

If they truly didn't care, they wouldn't make their children grind through their studies and get diplomas.

It's precisely because of this that Xie Yang isn't competing with them, right?

Because with the level of wealth her family has, as long as she signed up, there would basically be a position for her, right?

That's why she isn't participating, all to give them one more employment opportunity.

Sob sob! Xie Yang is really too good!

"Xie Yang, thank you! If I get in, I'll definitely treat you to a meal at the revolving restaurant in the Jiangpan Grand Hotel!"

"What's a revolving restaurant! Xie Yang, if I get in, I'll send you a ten-thousand-yuan red envelope later!"

"Xie Yang, I'll toast you too! If I get in, you and I will be brother and sister from another mother from now on!"

"Damn! Branch secretary, is this you thanking her? You're clearly taking advantage of Xie Yang, right? Too insidious!"

"Xie Yang, don't listen to the branch secretary, I'll toast you!"

"Xie Yang, Xie Yang, me too..."

Xie Yang: "..."

She had thought that changing the subject would mean fewer social obligations and more time to eat, but she ended up being surrounded so tightly that not even water could pass through, and they were even more enthusiastic than before.

A miscalculation!

But having said that, after this dinner, she discovered that this group of classmates was actually quite easy to get along with; compared to those worthless "plastic sisterhoods" in her social circle, the friendship of university classmates was nothing if not pure.

Therefore, after this dinner, she would occasionally pop up in the class group chat when she had time, chat with her classmates, grab red envelopes during holidays, and occasionally send some herself.

If anyone sent a bargaining link or a group-buying link, she would help them bargain or join the group if she saw it.

Under her influence, this university class group, which only had 20 members, remained quite popular.

Unlike other departments, where everyone went their separate ways after graduation and the class group gradually fell into silence, becoming as cold and still as a pool of stagnant water.

Even if someone sparked a few sentences one day, it would quickly return to cold silence. Everyone seemed busy making a living and had no heart for idle chatter.

Only Xie Yang's department remained lively; no matter who popped up, someone would pick up the conversation, never letting any joke fall to the ground.

That is a story for another time.

After the farewell dinner, there were still graduation photos to take, diplomas to collect, and the graduation ceremony to attend... they were busy until early July before truly saying goodbye to their alma mater and the ivory tower.

After being picked up and taken home by Wu Jie, Xie Yang rested for a few days, packed her luggage, and then called her little sisters to go to the pier to take a yacht out to sea.

"Yang Yang, go and have fun with peace of mind. I've already spoken to the captain and the crew; they will all listen to your instructions. Your eldest brother is also on the boat; he's going to Sanya to record a show. I heard him say he brought a few friends, but you don't need to pay them any mind; just eat and play as you like. Your second brother is waiting for you in Sanya and will accompany you out to sea then. He has already set the route, guaranteed to let you have a great time."

Before departing, Uncle Song called her. He probably wasn't at ease with just a few of them going, so he arranged for his eldest son, Song Yin, to provide escort and his youngest son, Song Xi, to accompany them, so that Father Xie could also be at ease.

Xie Yang knew that Uncle Song making such an arrangement was both to let her have fun and to put her father's mind at ease, so she didn't decline.

But she didn't expect to see Feng Xuanxuan on the yacht.

Feng Xuanxuan also didn't expect to run into Xie Yang on such an occasion.

She was the female companion of Song Yin's childhood friend, Yang Kai.

Given her family's original conditions, even if she were dating, she wouldn't have ended up with a playboy rich second-generation who changed girlfriends like he changed clothes, but the situation was different now: her family had split up.

Ever since her eldest cousin lost fifty million in stocks and she was pursued by online loan companies coming to her door, causing the family to lose face and money, the harmonious atmosphere in the family no longer existed.

Her second uncle and youngest uncle insisted on splitting the family, and her grandfather was angered into the hospital several times before finally relenting.

Splitting the family didn't just mean splitting the property; it also meant splitting the shares in her grandfather's hands.

Now, although her grandfather still held the most shares and served as the company chairman, the specific management and operations were divided among his four sons.

Her eldest uncle was the company general manager, her pampered youngest uncle was the deputy general manager, and her second uncle relied on his silver tongue to snag the most lucrative position as the procurement department manager.

Only her father insisted on not working at the family company, saying his ambitions didn't lie in the business world. Previously, he relied on the old man for a salary and didn't have much spare money, so he had no choice, but now that he had dividends to collect, he wanted to open an art gallery and sit with artists, burning incense, tasting tea, and discussing the past and present...

In short, he angered the old man so much he nearly vomited blood, and consequently, he didn't even have his usual good expression for her, his granddaughter.

Having lost her grandfather's affection, and with her uncles and cousins no longer putting her at the center of everything since the family split, Feng Xuanxuan's status in the family plummeted.

The money allocated to the third branch was either taken by her father to open an art gallery or by her mother to invest in a beauty salon.

And as for her, her allowance didn't increase; it even went down!

In just a few short months, her allowance dropped from the original one hundred thousand to the current twenty thousand.

What is twenty thousand enough for!