Depressed Song Jia

Manager Zhong burst out laughing after hearing Liu Shang's words and slapped him hard on the back twice.

"You brat, why do you always say things that are so infuriating?"

"If we went by your standards, probably more than half the people at the workstations outside would be out of a job!"

"Right, young Liu, how are you doing with the PPT slides?"

Liu Shang thought for a moment. "PPTs are a bit harder than Word and Excel."

"I have no idea about the 3D dynamic demonstration graphics on them, but I'm okay with the rest."

As Liu Shang was speaking, Xu Tiande, who was drinking water nearby, couldn't help himself and sprayed out a mouthful of water.

He almost choked to death!

"Cough, cough..."

"3D dynamic demonstration graphics?"

"If I asked the people in our company to make even the simplest flat animated graphics, they couldn't do it!"

Manager Zhong was so amused he could barely speak. "You rascal, you're really something else! So arrogant!"

"But with your excellent Office skills, I really don't have the right to lecture you!"

At this moment, Liu Shang smiled. "Professor Xu, Manager Zhong, if my technical proposal and construction reports are approved, I'll handle these tasks from now on."

But before he could finish, Manager Zhong waved his hand in refusal.

"Those proposal designs and reports aren't of much practical use; they're just for the client's approval process."

"It's a waste of your talent to have you do this kind of work!"

"Professor Xu and I have a lot of technical materials that need to be compiled for the year-end summary. Having you now is fantastic!"

Watching the three of them chatting and laughing cheerfully in the office, the other staff members frowned.

They couldn't understand what kind of magic this freshman, Liu Shang, possessed that he could so thoroughly charm both Xu Tiande and the hot-tempered Manager Zhong.

At lunchtime, the company's management team, along with key figures like Professor Xu and Manager Zhong, ate in a private room.

The meal was specially prepared by the chef, just like in a high-end private dining room.

Meanwhile, department managers, assistant managers, and everyone else got their food trays in the main cafeteria.

It was a communal meal, but the quality and taste were still pretty good.

In the elaborately decorated room where the boss, Song Guangyuan, and the core team were, Manager Zhong and Xu Tiande, without any pretense, loudly praised Liu Shang to everyone, calling him an absolute treasure the company had discovered.

Seeing them like this, the others listened in stunned disbelief.

However, when Liu Shang was mentioned, Boss Song Guangyuan's expression turned somewhat gloomy, and he felt very displeased.

It was Sunday, and his precious daughter, Song Jia, was supposed to come in to practice driving, just like yesterday, and then play on the computer in his office.

But it was all because of Liu Shang that they had a huge argument at home last night.

Song Jia's reaction to her parents' earnest advice and guidance was extremely intense!

In the end, it escalated to Song Jia slamming the door and returning to school, leaving behind the parting words: "I'm an adult now, you don't need to manage my affairs anymore!"

This shocked and deeply worried Song Guangyuan and his wife.

Had their daughter already fallen into Liu Shang's trap?

If Song Jia knew their thoughts at this moment, she would be so frustrated she'd spit blood.

What Song Jia was annoyed by were her parents' baseless speculations and wild assumptions.

Liu Shang didn't even know her at school, they had never spoken, yet her parents were inexplicably making wild analyses.

She found it unreasonable and irritating, which was why she had run back to her dorm.

Meanwhile, Liu Shang quietly sat alone to eat after collecting his tray and food.

At a table not far from him, several colleagues were joking with Ma Yuan.

"Is that Liu Shang really just a freshman? He's so composed!"

"He's completely unfazed!"

"And look how much Professor Xu and Manager Zhong like him; it's obvious they want to take him on as a protégé and train him rigorously."

"Ma Yuan, this was the kind of treatment you received when you first joined the company. Looking at it now, your future role in the company seems a bit uncertain!"

Hearing them say this, Ma Yuan, who was already feeling angry and resentful, felt even more disheartened.

However, in such a setting, he had to pretend to be unconcerned and smiled. "What are you guys talking about? Liu Shang is my junior. Not only Manager Zhong and Professor Xu, but if I have the chance in the future, I'll also try my best to help him and guide him."

"Also, he's only a freshman, and there are many variables in the future. The possibility of him staying with our company long-term isn't very high."

Although he said this, Ma Yuan had already secretly made up his mind at that moment. No matter what, he couldn't let Liu Shang succeed.

Professor Xu's favor and training were rightfully his, Ma Yuan's, and he was determined to find a way to snatch back Professor Xu's attention!

Thus, during the afternoon work hours, Ma Yuan went to Xu Tiande with his laptop and carefully prepared questions.

Again and again, he kept asking for advice, putting on a show of being humble and eager to learn.

When he first joined the company, Professor Xu genuinely wanted to nurture Ma Yuan, as Ma Yuan was a graduate from Oil University.

However, as time went on, Ma Yuan became complacent and lost the initial eagerness to learn. He focused his main energy on petty tricks and other matters.

As a result, Professor Xu could only proactively give up on Ma Yuan.

Now that Liu Shang had just arrived, Ma Yuan suddenly became like this again. Anyone with eyes could see the reason behind it, and Xu Tiande, who knew Ma Yuan very well, understood it even more clearly.

However, Xu Tiande was a seasoned professor from an academic background, and his personality had always been easygoing. Facing Ma Yuan's questions, he still explained and answered with great patience.

To everyone's surprise, despite Ma Yuan's obvious attempts to curry favor, Liu Shang showed no sense of urgency or reaction.

He also didn't join Ma Yuan in seeking out Xu Tiande for advice.

Just like in the morning, he remained quietly at his workstation, systematically working on the charting and technical tasks assigned to him by Xu Tiande and Manager Zhong.

Around three in the afternoon, Ma Yuan was still occupying Professor Xu's office.

It seemed Ma Yuan had monopolized Professor Xu's time for the entire afternoon.

Consequently, Manager Zhong, with nowhere else to go to chat, came over to Liu Shang, leaned down, and chuckled, teasing him.

"I say, Liu kid, the more I look at it now, the more Ma Yuan seems like a freshman, while you look like an office veteran with over a decade of experience!"

Liu Shang chuckled along, "Haha, Manager Zhong, you're teasing me again!"

"As I said before, I came here just to earn the 4000 yuan salary, not to learn how to write papers."

"So I just need to work efficiently to be worthy of my position, right?"

Manager Zhong laughed and patted his shoulder, "Alright, kid, your mindset and composure are far better than Ma Yuan's."

"Since Old Xu is busy right now, come with me to my office, and we can discuss the surface sub-distribution process you mentioned yesterday."