About twenty minutes later, the door of the conference room opened and Zhang Zhengli walked out. He said with a smile on his face, "Congratulations, both of you have passed the review. In a few days, a ceremony will be held for you, and you will be citizens of the probation period."
Napel and Fonchi were both very excited. The first batch of citizens sounded very different.
"It's our pleasure. Deputy Team Leader Zhang, is there anything we can do?"
"Nothing special, just do your usual work as usual." Zhang Zhengli suddenly smiled and said, "Today is a good day, why don't we have lunch together to celebrate?"
Since it was the invitation from the deputy head of the personnel group, Nepper and Feng Qi naturally could not refuse. At noon, they went to the cafeteria together. Zhang Zhengli found a small private room, ordered a few dishes, and took two bottles of local fruit wine.
"Another heavyweight will be arriving soon," said Zhang Zhengli.
Feng Qi was joking with Zhang Zhengli on the surface, but he was actually worried. He suddenly realized that this dinner was not simple. He saw that Naper was still chatting with Zhang Zhengli, so he kicked him lightly, then stood up and said, "Deputy Team Leader Zhang, I want to go to the bathroom before that important person comes."
"Oh, of course." Zhang Zhengli looked at Feng Qidong looking around and asked, "Do you know where the bathroom is?"
"This..." Feng Qi looked at Naper.
At this time, Naper understood and said, "Deputy Team Leader Zhang, I know. I will go with Feng Qi."
"How about I take him?"
"Just sit here and relax. We won't know who will come. We'll be back soon." Feng Qi said.
Zhang Zhengli had nothing to say about this and could only watch the two men leave together.
Walking further away, Napel asked, "What's going on?"
As Feng Qi continued walking forward, he said, "I think there's something wrong with this meal."
"What's the problem with eating?"
"The problem lies with the man he is introducing."
"Do you know how much we are worth now?" Feng Qi said in a low voice.
“It’s the first batch.”
"No, our value goes far beyond that. I'm assuming that the people here are divided into different factions. Do you know what it means to accept us into a certain faction?" Feng Qi put his hand on the other's shoulder and said, "Think about it, if you were a mage from the reading club who passed the test later, or another mage who joined later, and saw that the people here were divided into factions, and you had no idea, whose side would you instinctively join?"
Napel tapped his nose. "You mean they'll join our faction?"
"Of course, because most of our interests are always the same as theirs, so you and I are now a banner. Whoever controls us will control the subsequent mages who join us."
"Now that you put it, it seems that the two of us are indeed very valuable and worthy of their winning over. However, we are not familiar with the internal situation of these people, and we don't know which faction Zhang Zhengli belongs to." Naper said.
"I'm not sure about this, but I think those who come up first are usually the ones who need us the most. They may have the weakest strength and the least manpower. Their actions today also gave me this feeling. They are not generous enough and are sneaky." Feng Qi analyzed.
"That makes sense. Fortunately, you thought of this. Otherwise, we would have boarded the ship in a daze and it would have been too late to get off."
Feng Qi said: "Besides, if I have to join, I would rather join the faction of Xiao Chen and Mr. Luo Ling. After all, we have been in contact with them for so long, and we know what kind of people they are. I believe that with their character, they will not treat us too badly."
"That's the truth. What should we do then?"
"We can't promise anything without clarifying the situation, but we can't offend them either."
Shortly after the two returned from the bathroom, a man walked into the room from outside.
"It's Vice Chairman Chang." Feng Qi and the other man stood up to greet him.
Chang Lin still had that smiling face, and kept asking them to sit down and not to be polite.
After a while, the food was served. Chang Lin raised his glass and said, "Today I want to congratulate the two of you for passing the review. This is a day of historical significance."
Feng Qi and his friends clinked glasses with him to express their gratitude.
After eating for a while, they chatted about the local customs and practices of different places. When they talked about the two mages' original jobs in their respective magic towers, Chang Lin took the opportunity to ask, "What you two did in your original magic towers is very different from what we do here. I wonder if you have made sufficient preparations?"
"Of course." Feng Qi and Napel said in unison.
Chang Lin continued, "We are very welcoming to new mages here, and we are in urgent need of manpower for various positions. Do you have any ideas about your arrangements?"
"Vice Chairman Chang, we don't know much about your customs and rules. I wonder... is today's arrangement a formal one? Or is it a private exchange?" Feng Qi took full advantage of being an outsider and asked as if he didn't understand.
"Of course, we should all communicate with each other first. But Xiao Zhang from the HR department is also here. If there is a final intention, it can naturally be confirmed today."
Feng Qi and Napel looked at each other and said, "Vice Chairman Chang, if that's the case, we are not in a hurry to choose a direction for our work. Other mages who come here will also participate in the rotation experience activities, and we want to continue to participate with them. On the one hand, we can have a better understanding of each position. On the other hand, we can also try our best to influence them and attract them to join."
Chang Lin smiled and said, "It's great that you two have such an idea. However, I personally have a few positions that I can recommend to you first. You should know that the competition for these positions is also very fierce. Now that they are vacant due to personnel transfers, there may not be such opportunities in the future." Chang Lin introduced several jobs in the agricultural group and the commercial group in one breath. Even Feng Qi could hear that most of these positions have one characteristic, that is, the work is relatively easy, but it is easy to get extra compensation. It should be a good position that everyone will fight for. It is really suspicious to give such a position to a citizen who has just come in for probation for no reason.
After Chang Lin finished speaking, he saw that the two mages did not seem to be too moved, but were thinking over there. He knew that today's action was not very successful. He smiled and said, "Of course, this is just a suggestion. You two can consider it carefully."
Feng Qi followed their example and raised his glass to express his gratitude, saying, "Thank you for Deputy Team Leader Chang's appreciation. Mainly because of our limited abilities, we really need to think carefully about this. After all, we cannot delay these tasks."
Then the four of them talked about some other things, and it seemed that everyone was having a good time. However, none of them noticed that a small earring was hidden in the corner of the cabinet in the room, watching everything quietly.