"Interview notice!" Lin Yan exclaimed.
"Interview notice? Then take a look quickly." Song Ranran also became excited. She knew better than anyone how much effort Lin Yan had put into finding a job in the past few months.
"Yeah." Lin Yan couldn't wait to open the email.
Dear Ms. Lin Yan:
We now invite you to come to our company for an interview for the position of accountant at 10:00 next Monday morning. You will be mainly responsible for calculating the wages of employees. The monthly salary is 20,000 yuan. The work is easy and the treatment is generous. The company address is No. 106, Chunfeng Road, Guanghua District, Jin City.
The Sixth Branch of Jincheng Special Office Co., Ltd. (state-owned enterprise).
xx/xx/xxxx.
Attached are some of our benefits for reference:
1. Two days off per week, flexible working hours, no attendance check. (You don’t have to come if you don’t have anything to do.)
2. Five social insurances and one housing fund, supplementary commercial insurance and additional medical insurance. (As long as you are sick, the company will reimburse you.)
3. Housing allowance, car allowance, meal allowance... (There are only subsidies you can't think of, but there are no subsidies that the company can't give.)
4. Annual festival gifts, birthday gifts, wedding gifts... (As long as you have a happy event, the company will have gifts.)
5. Sixteenth salary at the end of the year. (Excluding additional bonuses.)
6. Travel abroad at least once a year. (You can go more often if you like.)
After reading the email, both of them fell silent.
After a while, Song Ranran said, "Are the benefits of state-owned enterprises so good now?"
"An accountant with a monthly salary of 20,000 yuan, and you are only responsible for calculating the employees' wages. What company would pay you like this?" Lin Yan asked.
"My brother?" Song Ranran said.
“… I was wrong. I forgot you have a brother.” Lin Xi admitted defeat.
Song Ranran raised her eyebrows proudly.
"Your brother will pay you this way, but this company doesn't belong to my brother. Also, look at the benefits listed at the back and the notes in brackets, can this be written by a legitimate company?" Lin Wei asked.
Song Ranran shook her head. Although she had never been out for an interview, her family owned a company. She had understood from a young age that the investment of capitalists must be less than the return. If such generous conditions were true, then this company must be ambitious.
"I read in the news online before that there were human traffickers who set up shell companies and then tricked their employees into going abroad for resale. Could this be one of them?" Song Ranran suddenly had a bold idea.
Lin Yan felt that this made sense and made a decisive decision: "Report it. We must report it."
If she had evidence, she would have called the police.
So on Monday, an assistant dressed up for the first time, even wearing a new suit, and waited in the office half an hour early.
However, no one came for the interview.
The assistant pushed his glasses in confusion: Is it because my company’s benefits are not well enough
Lin Yan had just come out of the coffin and was removing her makeup when her phone suddenly rang. It was Bao Ya, the makeup artist in the secret room. Lin Yan pressed the hands-free button and continued removing her makeup: "Sister Xiao Ya."
"Xiao Ping, are you still in the secret room?" Bao Ya's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"I'm here. I just came out of the dungeon and am taking off my makeup." Lin Xi replied.
"Is there any team that can pass the level this afternoon?" Bao Ya asked.
"No, the boss said that the players who came this afternoon were of average strength and couldn't clear the game within an hour." Lin Yan thought for a moment and asked, "Sister Xiaoya, do you have something to talk to me about?"
"Smart, could you please help me deliver something to the anime festival?" Bao Ya is a senior COS enthusiast. There is a grand anime festival in the city today. Bao Ya came here early in the morning to finish the makeup for the NPC, and then ran to participate in the anime festival. "It's just a box. I forgot it on the table in the dressing room."
There were only two tables in the dressing room. Lin Yan turned her head and saw it: "Is it the unopened express box?"
"Yes, there is a headdress in there that I bought before, but I forgot to take it with me when I left. Can you bring it to me?"
Bao Ya bought this headdress specially for this anime festival. It was an authentic product, mailed directly from Country R. The postage alone cost several hundred yuan. Bao Ya mentioned it to Lin Yan before, and Lin Yan was impressed.
"Okay, I'll come over after I change my clothes." Lin Yan washed her face first before leaving with the express box.
The animation festival was held at the city gymnasium. After leaving the factory park, taking the bus and then the subway, Lin Yan arrived at the destination in about half an hour. Then, according to Bao Ya's instructions, she went to the side door of the gymnasium. There, Bao Ya, dressed as a cartoon character from Country R, was already waiting at the door.
At this time, Bao Ya had silver hair and a silver-white totem on half of his cheek. At first glance, he looked familiar, but Lin Yan really couldn't remember which anime character he was.
"Sister Xiaoya." Lin Yan handed the box to Bao Ya, "This is it."
"Yes, that's it, thank you. I'll treat you to a meal when you get back," Bao Ya thanked him.
"You're welcome. I'll go back first. Have fun." Lin Xi said as she was about to leave.
"Wait a minute, now that you're here, do you want to go in and play for a bit?" Bao Ya invited. "It's very interesting inside."
"Can I come in?"
"Originally it's not allowed, but I've become acquainted with the security guy, so I can use my connections to show off my wealth." Bao Ya grabbed Lin Yan and said, "Come on, I'll take you in."
After swiping Bao Ya's face, Lin Yan successfully entered the gymnasium. The gymnasium was full of cosplayers who were "dressed up" to attend. Even the staff who maintained order in the venue were wearing ancient Jinyiwei clothes. In comparison, a "normal person" like Lin Yan stood out.
Bao Ya also noticed this. She took Lin Yan to a stall selling peripherals and said to the beautiful lady boss who was COSing as a nine-tailed fox, "Dear, can you lend me the dressing room?"
"Please go ahead." The nine-tailed fox glanced at Lin Xi seductively.
Eye makeup looks good
Before Lin Xi had the chance to appreciate the red and white oil paints on the proprietress's eye makeup, she was pulled into the dressing room by Bao Ya.
"Change it." Bao Ya handed over a box.
"What is this?" Lin Yan looked down at the box, which contained a black piece of clothing.
"Witch costume." Bao Ya explained as he opened the courier box sent by Lin Yan. "Hasn't the Chamber of Secrets become famous for its curse recently? Tang Mingxu was thinking of adding some new elements, so he asked me to buy a witch costume online. This costume and my headdress were sent together. I left in a hurry this morning and took the wrong boxes. It's just right, you can put it on. I bought it according to your size."
He also bought a witch costume. Is Boss Tang going to continue down this path of curse until the end
"Go change?" Bao Ya urged when he saw Lin Xi didn't move.
"Oh, OK." Lin Yan took the clothes and went inside to change. When she came out, Bao Ya had already put on the headdress. It was a hair ornament similar to a crown, with a light blue beaded necklace hanging in her hair, which made Bao Ya look more elegant and refined.
The snow-white person, wearing a jet-black long skirt, was almost decorated with a touch of bright red.
"Come here, I'll help you adjust it." Bao Ya pulled Lin Yan over and pressed her down on the chair. She first put lipstick on her and then quickly braided her long hair into two long braids that hung down in front of her chest. "The highlight of your dress is the veil. Only when you put on the veil will you feel mysterious."
Bao Ya took the veil that Lin Yan was not wearing, fixed it on her head with a clip, and adjusted it carefully to cover nearly half of her face. And just as Bao Ya said, once the veil was put on, the sense of mystery immediately emerged.
"Okay, this is all we have to do. I'll help you tinker with it once we get back to the secret room. I have a performance soon, so I have to go first. You can go shopping on your own."
Lin Yan wanted to say that she could go to see the show with them, but maybe Bao Ya was too anxious and he ran away before Lin Yan could finish her words, so Lin Yan had to go out alone.
"Hey, witch."
Lin turned around.
The Nine-Tailed Fox lady boss waved a glass medicine bottle in her hand: "Are you still short of a bottle of poison?"
Lin Yan waved her hand: "I don't deal in poison, I'm a witch who can tell fortunes."
"Prophet?"
“…” Sister Fox, I’m not COSing Werewolf.
"It's okay. I have a crystal ball, too." The Nine-Tailed Fox lady boss pulled out another crystal ball from under the counter like a magic trick, and Lin Yan was stunned. "Want to buy it? It's only 299."
It turned out to be a sales pitch!
"No." She is not a coser enthusiast, so she won't waste money on this.
"Then... 199?" the nine-tailed fox asked again.
"..." Is the price reduction so random? Lin Xi didn't want to buy it anymore.
"It seems that you are not a fan. How about this, I'll rent it to you for ten dollars, no less." The nine-tailed fox set up a stall in the anime festival to sell various figures and peripherals. He had seen many cosplayers who spent huge amounts of money for their favorite works, but this was the first time he met someone as stingy as Lin Yan.
It was the first time that Lin Xi met someone who was so good at salesmanship, so she couldn’t refuse. In the end, the two of them reached a deal with a rental price of ten yuan.
But you know what, holding the crystal ball in her arms, Lin Yan suddenly felt that she was quite like that. It was the first time for Lin Yan to participate in such an event, and everything she saw was new. There were not only cartoon characters from R country, but also Chinese cartoons, ancient styles, and even some classic TV and movie characters. Anyway, there were all kinds of strange and varied things.
Lin Xi was watching with great interest when the system prompt sounded suddenly. With a "pop", a stick fell from the stick tube.
[Ye Ping, male, 16 years old, lost his ID card in the toilet and missed the high-speed train home.]
Lin Yan's eyes lit up, and she looked around, quickly locking onto the three tall boys who had just walked past her. They were all wearing costumes from One Piece, one was Zoro, with three knives hanging from his body, one was Sanji, with curly eyebrows, and one was Lu Fei, wearing a straw hat.
Lin Yan chased after them holding the crystal ball and stood in front of them: "Pirates, before you go out to sea, do you want to divine for good or bad luck?"
The three boys looked at the witch who suddenly blocked their way. They were stunned for a moment, and then one of the boys who played Luffy smiled and said, "Okay, you tell the fortune."
The three boys were very cooperative, thinking that the witch COS girl was too immersed in the role. They were not disgusted by this behavior, because they would also shout "ONE PIECE" to the sea.
"Ten yuan per session." Yes, Lin Yan wanted to charge money, which was why her eyes lit up just now. She finally found an opportunity to ask for money for divination.
"If the divination is accurate, I'll give it to you." The boy in the straw hat continued to act with Lin Xi.
"What's your name?" Lin asked the boy.
"Ye Ping." said the boy in the straw hat.
What a coincidence?!
Lin Yanan suppressed her joy and handed the crystal ball over in a solemn tone: "Please put your hand on it and hold it for three seconds."
The boy smiled and cooperated.
Lin Yan closed her eyes and muttered something. After about two or three seconds, she opened her eyes, looked at the boy, and whispered in a deliberately low voice: "Boy, you dropped something. Without that thing, you can't go home today. Go find it."
"I lost something and it's gone, but I can't go home. What's going on?" Ye Ping was confused.
"ID card?" Solo asked. They came by high-speed rail and needed to swipe their ID cards to pass security check. If there was anything that would affect their return home, it would have to be their ID cards.
Ye Ping was stunned for a moment, raised his hand to touch his pocket, and then sighed.
"It's really gone?" Young Sanji was shocked.
Lin took out her cell phone and displayed the payment code: "Ten dollars, thank you for your patronage."
Ten yuan was not a lot of money, so the boy didn’t make a fuss and just scanned the code to pay. Then he asked, “Where did I lose my ID card?”
The boy naturally didn't believe that Lin Xi had calculated it. He guessed that she must have happened to see him when he lost his ID card.
"Go look in the toilet, maybe you'll find something." Lin Xi said.
"Thank you." The boy and his friend left to look for their ID cards.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the divination task and gaining 1 merit point. Help Ye Ping avoid bad luck and gain an additional 9 merit points. Earn divination money, 10 yuan."
Lin Yan held her phone in her hand, looking at the ten yuan that had arrived in her account. She was very happy. "I finally made some money. I'll spend it when I go out. What can I buy with ten yuan? I should be able to have a cup of milk tea."
Lin Xi was planning to go out to buy milk tea when the stick holder in the system panel suddenly started shaking wildly, crackling and scattering sticks all over the floor.
System prompts appeared one after another, filling up the entire screen.
(End of this chapter)