Early the next morning.
vio capital 8th floor, main floor of human resources department.
The employee elevator beeped softly, the door opened, and several colleagues from the Human Resources Department walked out, chatting and laughing.
Turning from the elevator to the corner of the floor work area, there was a gathering of several HR staff who had arrived earlier. They were looking outside, talking to each other from time to time, almost blocking most of the road.
One of the people who just got out of the elevator asked curiously, "What are you looking at here? It's so lively?"
"Shh." Someone hooked his finger, "Keep your voice down, the big devil is coming to our floor today."
"Big Devil? What big devil? Boss Qin is coming down?!"
"Oh my god, sister, please be quiet. If Mr. Qin hears you, do you still want to live?"
"No... why would he he he he come out at this time?" The man covered his mouth and quickly took out his phone to check the time. "Today is August 27th, it's Hell Week, right? Didn't Boss Qin not allow anyone to go up to the 23rd floor to disturb him this Monday?"
"That's why I said I saw a ghost today."
Several people exclaimed again. A new employee who just joined the company this year stood on tiptoe curiously, "Why do you call Mr. Qin the Great Devil? I've only heard of people in the industry calling him Lord Lou. This is the first time I've heard of the title of Great Devil."
"That's because it's your first year at the company."
"Yes, only employees within Vio call Mr. Qin like this, and the time is specific. Only during this Hell Week every year, we call Mr. Qin like this. As for why..."
"It's Hell Week, why else?"
"Yes, every year, starting from August 26th, during the entire week, Boss Qin basically locks himself in the 23rd floor and never shows up. During this period, the 23rd floor is hell, and he is the ghost guarding hell. Those who were ignorant and rashly went up to disturb him during this hell week, the grass on his grave is basically three meters high."
"Hiss... That sounds scary."
"Then you're wrong. The story behind it is not scary, it's quite touching."
"Uh-huh?"
"I heard that August 26th seems to be the birthday of Mr. Qin's first love, and August 29th is her death anniversary."
"Ah? Dead?"
"Yes, so after that..."
"Hey, why did President Qin come down today?"
"Not only did he come down, he went to Minister Luan's office."
"Tsk tsk, is this finally the second spring?"
"I don't think so. Although there have always been rumors about them, Mr. Qin is very gloomy today. I feel like I can hear thunder rumbling overhead if I get within three meters of him."
"Hahaha, you are exaggerating—Minister Luan!"
As soon as the words "Minister Luan" were uttered, all those gossiping and whispering about the matter straightened their backs and turned serious.
Luan Qiaoqing, who had just come out of the elevator, looked unhappy and frowned, "What are you all doing standing here?"
Someone pointed cautiously to the minister's office, "Qin... President Qin."
"What, Mr. Qin?"
"Well, President Qin is waiting for you in your office. It seems like there's something urgent going on."
Luan Qiaoqing was stunned for a moment, then her face changed slightly. She quickly walked through the passage made by everyone and headed straight for her own office.
Luan Qiaoqing walked into the office, and the frosted glass door blocked out those curious eyes.
Luan Qiaoqing stopped at the door, and hesitated for a few seconds before looking at the back and speaking carefully: "Brother, why... did you come down suddenly?"
Qin Lou didn't look back. He looked out the window and said in a hoarse and tired voice, "I came from the technical department."
Luan Qiaoqing's expression changed slightly.
Qin Lou asked: "I called you yesterday and asked if anyone had been to the 23rd floor, and you said no."
Luan Qiaoqing clenched her fingers and remained silent.
"Then today the technical department told me that the missing footage from the elevator surveillance yesterday morning was deleted on your order."
"…" Luan Qiaoqing closed her eyes, "I'm sorry, brother."
"I don't need to apologize." Qin Lou turned around, his face pale, his eyes gloomy and low, "I didn't give you the privilege to hide anything from me - especially not when it comes to things related to her!"
Luan Qiaoqing showed fear in her eyes, but she gritted her teeth and said, "This matter has nothing to do with my sister. I was the one who went up there yesterday. I just asked them to delete the video because I was afraid you would blame me!"
Qin Lou's eyes were shocked.
After a while, he almost squeezed out the words from his throat: "Just like that?"
"What else?" Luan Qiaoqing also burst out: "Brother, what are you fantasizing about? My sister is dead. She has been dead for nine years! Why are you still chasing after her? Can you let yourself go-"
Luan Qiaoqing didn't finish her words in the end, and she didn't have the heart to finish them - in just a few words, the man's expression had become so hideous that it was almost painful.
Luan Qiaoqing's eyes also turned red. She turned her head away, refusing to look at the other person again.
Nine years, yes, nine years.
The Ponzi scheme case shocked countless people because of the amount of money involved and the wide range of people implicated. Many families lost their fortunes and were separated because of this scam... But time is always the fastest "cure".
Nine years have passed, and it seems that everyone has forgotten about this matter.
The only person who never came out of it from the beginning to the end was probably Qin Lou. He didn't even want to come out of it, and he even had to remind himself over and over again every year - in the most bloody way.
Luan Qiaoqing couldn't help but look at the man's wrist—the shirt there was stained with dark red, dried blood.
Luan Qiaoqing's eyes showed reluctance. Just when she was about to soften her tone and say something more persuasive, there was a knock on the glass door behind her.
The assistant poked his head in with a fearful look in his eyes, "Minister Luan, Minister Luan..."
Luan Qiaoqing took a deep breath and said, "Boss Qin and I are discussing something. We can talk later if there is anything else."
"But it was Mr. Yu from Junsheng Law Firm who called me personally. He seemed to want to ask about the case of Miss Qin Qing from their law firm being—"
"I know!" Luan Qiaoqing hurriedly stopped the assistant from talking, turned around and glared at him fiercely, "Please answer the phone."
The assistant pulled back innocently, "Okay."
Luan Qiaoqing didn't dare to look at Qin Lou - she was worried that her gaze at this moment would reveal some information to Qin Lou. Luan Qiaoqing could only walk quickly to the desk and pick up the landline on the desk.
"Hello, Mr. Yu, I'm Luan Qiaoqing."
"Minister Luan, good morning. It's a bit presumptuous of me to call you so early, but I just received a message from the secretariat - I don't know if Minister Luan is determined to dismiss Qin Qing from our law firm, but is he dissatisfied with her resume?"
"..." Luan Qiaoqing glanced behind her, and the fingers holding the telephone line tightened involuntarily, "I just feel that Miss Qin, as a returnee, may not be able to adapt to the domestic market in terms of concepts, and may conflict with the corporate atmosphere of our company. I hope that Mr. Yu can replace her with someone who has rich experience working in domestic companies-"
"Minister Luan, you are not an expert at what you said." Yu Qisheng laughed out loud on the other end of the phone. "The position of assistant compliance officer originally originated overseas. Your company and other companies in the industry want to add such a position. Isn't the essential purpose to integrate with the international market faster and better and make up for the competitive shortcomings? VIO is already an international venture capital company. As the head of VIO's human resources department, isn't it a bit shallow for Ms. Luan to express such an opinion?"
“… … ”
Yu Qisheng's words were very rude. If Luan Qiaoqing hadn't felt guilty because of the person behind her, she would have been unable to resist confronting him. But Qin Lou was still there, so she could only grit her teeth and hold back her laughter. "It seems that Mr. Yu—"
"Well, I have a suggestion. Isn't Minister Luan worried that Qin Qing's qualifications are not enough? As the saying goes, true gold is not afraid of fire. Your company should add an assessment."
"Assessment?" Luan Qiaoqing frowned. "It doesn't seem appropriate to add an assessment just for her, right?"
"Hahaha, the word 'suitable' is really interesting to hear from Minister Luan. It seems that Minister Luan thinks that his decision yesterday was suitable? In that case, I won't waste Minister Luan's time. I'll just call President Qin and ask for his opinion."
"no!!"
Luan Qiaoqing refused without even thinking.
After she finished speaking, she realized that she was too excited and subconsciously turned her head to look behind her.
Qin Louzheng raised his eyes and looked at her deeply.
Luan Qiaoqing felt a little nervous and turned her head away in a hurry, lowering her voice and saying, "Okay, then let's follow what Mr. Yu said. I will arrange an interview for Miss Qin. I will notify you of the specific time and place later. Is that okay?"
"Of course. Have a good time."
“… Same with President Yu.”
Luan Qiaoqing hung up the phone with a grim look on her face.
After Tonghuasheng ended, Luan Qiaoqing adjusted his mood and did not turn back immediately.
Qin Lou looked at her back, which was obviously tense and uneasy, and narrowed his eyes slightly. After a few seconds, he asked casually, "Who's calling?"
Luan Qiaoqing tucked her hair up, turned around, and smiled reluctantly, "I'm from Junsheng Law Firm."
"What are they calling for?"
"Well, there is a problem with the resume of the new consultant sent to the company by their law firm. We are communicating about this matter." Luan Qiaoqing passed it over vaguely.
After she finished speaking, she carefully observed Qin Lou's expression.
Qin Lou looked bored with everything, and didn't seem to take the matter to heart. "Then I won't disturb your department's work, you continue."
"Okay, brother, take care."
"… "
After Qin Lou left, Luan Qiaoqing sat at her desk, biting her nails. After thinking for a long time with a ferocious expression, she rang the bell on the desk.
After a while, the assistant came running in.
"Minister, you're looking for me?"
"Contact the Risk Management Department and the Legal and Compliance Department to second a few people to me, and then select a few people from our own department to form a temporary team."
The assistant was stunned for a moment, "What is the work content of the temporary team?"
Luan Qiaoqing gritted her teeth and said, "The content is about how to ask a candidate questions in an interview until his psychological defenses collapse and he can't answer any professional questions."
The assistant was stunned for a moment. "Stress interview? But we haven't started the autumn recruitment for large-scale new employees yet. Isn't it too early for us to prepare now?"
"Don't talk nonsense, the sooner the better, I want to see a formed group this afternoon."
"… yes."
The assistant was used to the occasional temper of this parachuted minister, and he knew even better how much the big devil on the rooftop cared about this minister. At this point, he could only agree with a headache and turned around to go out and prepare.
In the office where she was alone, Luan Qiaoqing found a copy of Qin Qing's resume from somewhere. She clenched her fists and glared at the smiling woman in the photo.
"Just wait! If you want to enter our company to do something bad, there is no door, no window, and no dog hole!"
On the other side, Junsheng Law Firm.
After Yu Qisheng hung up the phone, he turned around in his office chair and looked at the woman sitting on the sofa with a smile.
"You really know your cousin well enough."
"I said, Qiaoqiao is very simple."
"It seems that Qin Lou must have spent a lot of effort to take care of her over the years."
"..." Song Shu was silent on the sofa. She lowered her eyes, with a faint smile on her face, unchanged.
Yu Qisheng also observed her silently for a few seconds, "You still haven't let go of Qin Lou - even though you know it was his family who harmed you to this point?"
"This has nothing to do with him."
"How can it be irrelevant? Qin Lou is now the leader of the Qin family. If you want to dig up the roots of the Qin family, Qin Lou will definitely be a hurdle that you will face in the end. Are you really confident that you will not be soft-hearted when facing him?"
"I won't."
Song Shu answered Yu Qisheng's question almost immediately. At this moment, she raised her eyes, and the coldness in her usually peaceful eyes made Yu Qisheng a little dazed.
But soon, the chill disappeared, replaced by the woman's gentle smile.
She picked up the coffee cup on the table and took a sip. The turbulent emotions in her eyes and heart finally subsided. Then Song Shu smiled and looked up, "I have been preparing for this 'war' for nine years. I know what is important and what is not."
Yu Qisheng frowned.
Seeing his worry, Song Shu smiled and looked back. "Besides, Mr. Yu, you may not know since you haven't experienced it."
"What?"
“Hate is far deeper than love—hate for being powerless, hate for the person you love who dies with his eyes open. Once you’ve tasted that feeling, you’ll know it. It makes you dare not forget it for even a moment, year after year, day after day, night after night.”
"… "
Yu Qisheng felt the emotion from her words, and he finally chose to bypass Song Shu's weak spot.
"What are you going to do about the interview? I think even if Luan Qiaoqing is innocent, she will definitely do her best to embarrass you."
Song Shu smiled, "If I can't even get past Qiaoqiao, then how can I talk about clearing my mother's name?"
Yu Qisheng finally smiled.
"Even after knowing you for all these years, I find that what I admire most is your ability to handle things calmly at all times."
Song Shu avoided eye contact and said, "Mr. Yu, you are too kind. I really can't always do this."
For example, back then.
For example, yesterday’s vio top floor.
On Wednesday, Song Shu received an email from the Human Resources Department of VIO, informing her to go to VIO in the afternoon for an individual interview.
After checking the time left for herself to prepare, Song Shu couldn't help but smile when she received the email - it was indeed obvious that Luan Qiaoqing was determined to do her best to expel her from vio.
At 1:45 p.m., Song Shu arrived at the interview site a quarter of an hour early.
The interview took place in a temporary meeting room of the Human Resources Department, and the person in charge of reception at the front desk downstairs was still Dennis from the Human Resources Department.
He led Song Shu upstairs and said almost nothing except the necessary greetings. It was obvious that he had been "warned" by Luan Qiaoqing in advance.
Song Shu didn't care and went upstairs with a smile on his face.
Even though he was mentally prepared, when Song Shu stepped into the temporary meeting room, he was still stopped by the "big" scene in front of him.
There was only one empty chair on one half of the long conference table, and the other half was filled with a whole row of "interviewers", all with serious expressions.
Right in the middle is Luan Qiaoqing, whose face is almost pulled to the instep of her feet.
"Miss Qin is here? Please take a seat."
Luan Qiao stood up and looked at Song Shu coldly without any expression.
Song Shu didn't quite know what had happened in the past two days—Luan Qiaoqing's hostility towards her seemed to have increased several times, even to the point where it was completely undisguised.
Song Shu pretended not to notice and smiled faintly.
"Thank you, Minister Luan."
Song Shu looked back, and under Dennis' sympathetic gaze, he opened his handbag and took out the file bag inside.
"This is my re-prepared resume. Since the email did not inform the number of interviewers, I only prepared six copies. Please submit them on my behalf."
Dennis took it subconsciously, and as soon as he looked up, Luan Qiaoqing glared at him.
Dennis: "…"
When the King of Hell fights, the little devils suffer.
In any case, Song Shu successfully took a seat as the interviewee, and this one-person stress interview officially began.
Luan Qiaoqing didn't even look at Song Shu's resume again - she had been glaring at this woman who dared to pretend to be her sister for the past two days and she was numb to it. So Luan Qiaoqing had a blank expression throughout the whole process.
"Ms. Qin, please introduce yourself in English first. We hope to get to know you better, so the duration is five minutes, and you can control the content freely."
Song Shu lowered his eyes.
Under the strict watchful eyes of at least ten interviewers, she had to talk about her personal introduction for 5 minutes alone, and the introduction was in English... The first gift Qiaoqiao gave to her sister after she returned to China was really big.
But just as Song Shu said to Yu Qisheng, she returned to China to overcome all the difficulties, so this little difficulty was nothing.
Thinking of this, Song Shu smiled gently and then started with a simple greeting.
But before she could utter the first syllable, there was a commotion outside the meeting room:
"Boss Qin!"
"Boss Qin!?"
"Mr. Qin, you—"
Everyone in the room was stunned.
Before they could react, the next second, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open.
The author has something to say: In other books, the male protagonist kneels on the washboard, but in this book, it will probably be the cousin who kneels on the washboard xd
ps: Tomorrow (Sunday) the profit folder will be updated, and the update time will be postponed to 10 am. There will be two updates on the same day to compensate
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