Jiang Jingyu disliked having a bunch of secretaries follow him, so his executive office only had one assistant.
When the assistant took leave, he had to handle things himself.
To find some technical data and clarify specific parameters, he went to the technical department and chatted with the engineer in charge of that product for over an hour. Feeling an urgent need, he went to the technical department's restroom.
As he was washing his hands after coming out, he unexpectedly heard someone in a stall in the women's restroom slacking off, and they had no idea the CEO would be there today, chatting very loudly.
"Did you hear? The sales department had a welcome party last night, and Assistant Zhang attended. I don't know what those crazy women were doing to him, but they dislocated his arm."
"Oh, really? I didn't know. Tell me everything."
"I don't know the specifics either. I heard it was a newcomer named Tong An'an, and somehow he dislocated his arm. These young people are so wild."
"Although Assistant Zhang is everyone's second dream lover in the company after CEO Jiang, no one has dared to make a move on him for so long. As soon as a newcomer arrives, they're twisting his arm. It's incredible."
"Oh dear, I think the times are changing. We were so pure back then, so reserved when facing men. These young girls nowadays, tsk tsk."
As they spoke, the two opened the restroom door and went to the public area outside to wash their hands.
When they looked up, they saw Jiang Jingyu there too, and their faces turned ashen.
"Mr. Jiang, Mr. Jiang..."
Jiang Jingyu didn't say anything. He didn't even dry his hands before turning and leaving.
The sales department's new employees had an additional test compared to employees in other departments: they had to interview five senior executives and record the details for their new employee assessment.
This was to train the newcomers' courage and wisdom, and also to test their language organization skills.
Originally, everyone would do this at least a week after joining, after they had a certain understanding of the company. However, the sales department had a very high business demand this year and faced immense pressure. The supervisors of the two departments, eager to gain an advantage, rushed to have them grow quickly and assigned this task the very next day.
"Since you've just arrived and have nothing else to do, why not go interview senior executives and finish writing what you need to write? Once the process is complete, you won't have to waste time learning other things later."
"I'll point you in the right direction. You can interview the directors and vice presidents of various departments, including the CEO."
"And they know this rule, so as long as you inform their assistants in advance, it's very easy to schedule. Go back now and outline the questions you want to ask, prepare yourselves. I hope to get this done today, and officially start working tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, everyone returned to their workstations with renewed vigor and started to get busy.
Tong An'an naturally didn't dare to fall behind. She found old interview records, looked at a few examples, and listed some questions she wanted to ask, imitating others. Then, she found the assistants of the various executives in the company's internal directory and scheduled appointments with them.
As expected, everyone was very accommodating, and the appointments were quickly arranged. To save trouble, they asked the six new employees from the sales department to arrange their own order, going one after another to interview them.
Tong An'an quickly prepared four.
At this point, a newcomer piped up and asked, "Who have you all approached? Is anyone brave enough to approach CEO Jiang?"
Another newcomer said they didn't dare.
"Since all the senior executives are being so cooperative and letting us go together, I believe CEO Jiang won't refuse either. Isn't it said that meeting him is as difficult as ascending to heaven on a normal day? Why don't we take this opportunity to shamelessly ask him and witness his demeanor together?"
With her suggestion, another person also thought it was a good idea and then asked Tong An'an if she wanted to join.
There's strength in numbers, and it also saved her the trouble of scheduling herself, so Tong An'an was naturally willing.
Soon, their interviews began.
Everyone went to find the executives one by one. Tong An'an was content to be at the end of the line. After the first four executives were interviewed, it was already past three in the afternoon.
Everyone who went to the CEO's office wanted to linger a bit longer. After Jiang Jingyu's interview, it was almost time to get off work.
Everyone returned and exclaimed, "CEO Jiang is so handsome, so manly! His voice is so pleasant! He's so charismatic!"
"Oh my god, even though he speaks sparingly, I'm almost mesmerized by him! No wonder everyone says he's the dream male god for all the female employees in the entire group! Ahhh!"
Tong An'an wasn't in the mood to listen to them. There were only 15 minutes left, and she still had to work overtime tonight to organize the interview records, so she needed to hurry.
She rushed to the CEO's office and was about to press the doorbell when the door was pulled open from the inside.
Unexpectedly meeting the CEO's gaze, seeing his young, sculpted, and three-dimensional face, Tong An'an suddenly remembered the interview.
Her face blushed involuntarily, and she said humbly, "Hello, CEO Jiang. I'm Tong An'an, a new employee from the sales department. We had an appointment for the new employee interview. I'm the last one."
Jiang Jingyu had spent over an hour talking nonsense with these female employees, and no one had even offered him a glass of water.
As he was about to go make himself a cup of coffee, he saw Tong An'an.
She was dressed more professionally today than on her interview day.
A white shirt, a dark blue skirt, her hair tied up, her face clean and gentle. She resembled Lu Jiaying more than Jiang Jingyu remembered.
She wasn't Lu Jiaying, he knew that clearly. But every time he looked at her, it had a calming and soothing effect on his mood.
He had to admit that at the sight of her, his mood improved significantly.
Jiang Jingyu pushed the office door open and let her in.
"Alright. Go in and wait, I'll go make a cup of coffee."
Tong An'an, accustomed to being a server, heard this and instinctively reached for the cup in his hand.
"I'll make it for you."
But after grabbing it, she realized she had no idea where the pantry was.
Remembering the scene from the other day when she was scolded by her mother at her house, making her feel utterly ashamed, Jiang Jingyu also quite wanted to see her serve him again.
He pointed with his chin, "Over there."
Tong An'an walked towards a row of complex and sophisticated machines.
After looking up and down for several seconds, she couldn't recognize a single word. Embarrassed, she turned back and apologized to him.
"I'm sorry, CEO Jiang, I don't know how to use this machine."
This coffee machine was specially air-freighted from Northern Europe, and he himself had only figured out how to use it by looking at the instruction manual.
It was normal for someone from Tong An'an's background not to know how to use it.
Jiang Jingyu felt that as long as she could stand beside him with that face, it was enough. He didn't currently expect her to do anything more.
He walked over slowly, stood beside her, and patiently pointed out the buttons to her.
"It's written in Italian. It's okay, I'll teach you."