Chapter 8

"Ah! So perverted!" Several girls covered their faces and ran off, denouncing the shameless boys in unison. "Creeps! Have some shame!"

"We misjudged you guys!"

"It really isn't!" The two childhood friends looked especially wronged. "We didn't do anything. We're not like that. It's true. It really works."

As they spoke, the two childhood friends did not forget to take out a pack and hand it to Gu Chen. "Legend, try it and you'll know. It really works."

Gu Chen shifted away with a look of disgust.

The two childhood friends: "..."

Zhou Xiaoting could not help laughing. She handed a stack of documents to Gu Chen. "These are the materials from the sales office. I brought them for you."

Gu Chen was a little surprised. "Didn't we agree that I'd pick them up from the basketball club tonight?"

Gu Xiaoting smiled. "I just thought that an extra day was an extra day for you."

"I've given you the materials. I hope you won't disappoint me."

"It's fine even if he does." Huo Mingzhang held up three fingers at Gu Chen and said with a grin, "You've still got me."

Seeing Gu Chen and Zhou Xiaoting interact, someone curiously gathered around. "What sales office?"

Zhou Xiaoting glanced at the onlookers. "I introduced Gu Chen to a part-time job."

Zhou Xiaoting was an officer in the student union. Because of her family background, she had access to many social connections and a relatively broad network. When she had first started her freshman year, she had established a work-study department that often helped students from struggling families find part-time jobs. Nearly everyone at A University knew this, and they were all grateful to Zhou Xiaoting. Now that she had just begun her sophomore year, she was already actively preparing to run for student union president. Rumor had it that she had a great many supporters.

"Senior, Senior, we also want to find part-time jobs after class to build up our abilities and earn some pocket money." A freshman sidled up to Zhou Xiaoting and asked with a smile, "But I'm not interested in sales. Are there any other part-time jobs?"

"You can look on the campus intranet. I have a dedicated post where I regularly publish part-time job listings. Take a look, and if anything interests you, send your résumé—mainly your college entrance exam scores and special skills—to my email." Zhou Xiaoting patiently guided them. "Girls generally prefer tutoring jobs."

Hearing Zhou Xiaoting's words, Gu Xiu came over and joined in with a smile. "Senior Zhou is a really good person. I heard several upperclassmen on the basketball team say that the real estate sales job Senior Zhou introduced to my brother normally doesn't hire male students, or students at all. They apparently don't take interns, only experienced people. Since my brother needs money urgently, Senior Zhou specially found this job for him. I heard that selling one apartment can earn a commission of twenty or thirty thousand."

"Twenty or thirty thousand? That much?" The freshmen watching from the side immediately cried out in surprise, staring at Zhou Xiaoting and Gu Chen in astonishment.

"Senior, do you still have—"

"No." Zhou Xiaoting frowned. "This part-time job was my bargaining chip for asking Gu Chen to join the school basketball team. You all know how good Gu Chen is at basketball. If I didn't offer something worthwhile, I was afraid he wouldn't agree to join."

After hearing Zhou Xiaoting say that, no one could really say anything else. It was true that Gu Chen was excellent at basketball. Since Zhou Xiaoting had made it clear that it was an exchange, those who could not play basketball and had no ability to join the team naturally had no right to ask Zhou Xiaoting to pull strings for them.

With a single sentence, Zhou Xiaoting dismissed the new students who had suddenly gotten interested, then looked at Gu Xiu. "Don't just envy your brother. I found him a part-time job, but didn't I also pull strings for you? They clearly stated that they only wanted tutors with scores over seven hundred, yet I still got you an interview opportunity. Prepare well and do your best to earn the parents' trust. Don't waste the chance I gave you."

Zhou Xiaoting's words immediately drew the freshmen's attention.

"What? What? Senior also introduced a part-time job to Gu Xiu?"

"It's a two-hundred-yuan-an-hour job. The parents have high standards, so the pay is high too." Zhou Xiaoting said flatly, "Look up the details online yourselves later. Students who meet the requirements and truly want to apply can prepare as well. If Gu Xiu doesn't get hired, you'll still have a chance."

Upon hearing Zhou Xiaoting's words, Gu Xiu's face immediately turned pale. He nervously clasped his hands together and looked at Zhou Xiaoting pitifully. "Don't worry, Senior. I'll definitely prepare properly. I won't embarrass you."

"We'll see." Zhou Xiaoting snorted. "Your college entrance exam score falls quite a bit short of what the parents require. Use these next few days to prepare your lessons and focus more on yourself."

"Don't worry." Huo Mingzhang put an arm around Gu Xiu's shoulders and confidently vouched for him. "I believe Gu Xiu will definitely be fine. He's so cute and well-behaved, and he's patient and meticulous. The parents will definitely like him."

The military training instructor had already started blowing the whistle, so Zhou Xiaoting said nothing more. She turned to Gu Chen. "You should prepare properly too. Familiarizing yourself with the development materials is only the most basic requirement. Before you begin your internship, you'll also need to pass a test. They need to confirm that you truly possess the professional qualities of a sales representative."

Zhou Xiaoting nodded toward the documents in Gu Chen's arms. "There's an employee handbook in there. You'd better read it several times. The new Great Zhou World development is aimed at social elites with a certain degree of financial strength and social status. If you offend our clients because of something you do—I mean, if something happens and it becomes a major issue, and an investigation determines that you bear primary responsibility, you won't be able to just quit in a fit of anger and walk away. In serious cases, you may need to compensate the company for its financial losses and bear legal responsibility."

Hearing Zhou Xiaoting make it sound so serious, the freshmen who had been indignant and had even secretly wondered why Zhou Xiaoting treated Gu Chen so differently immediately sobered up. They could not help imagining Gu Chen offending an important client because he was terrible at the job, then being required by the company to pay compensation or being sued by Great Zhou World.

It was as though a basin of cold water had been poured over their heads. The ambitions that had just risen in their hearts were immediately extinguished. Earlier, they had been unable to stop themselves from imagining that if they were in Gu Chen's place and got this part-time job, they might be able to sell a few apartments and earn commissions of a hundred thousand or more. It would be even better if they could smoothly join Great Zhou World after graduation.