Tuesday morning.
Huang Sibo arrived at the entrance of Shenhua Luxury View and felt a moment of disbelief.
This gaming company called “Tenda Network Technology Co., Ltd.” was actually operating in Shenhua Luxury View.
Huang Sibo knew about Shenhua Luxury View—it was a high-end office building by Shenhua Real Estate. Companies that worked here were all flush with cash.
Before Huang Sibo could muster the courage to walk in, several young elites approached from the opposite direction.
All of them were tall, handsome men and beautiful women in suits, with dignified demeanors.
These were young employees from an investment bank in Shenhua Luxury View.
Even from a distance, it was obvious they were elite youths, future successful people.
Huang Sibo immediately felt like retreating.
This was intimidating!
Over the weekend, he had coincidentally seen Tenda Network Technology Co., Ltd.’s recruitment information on a job website.
Feeling that he met the conditions, he submitted his resume.
A response came quickly—a sweet-voiced female assistant told him to come to the 17th floor of Shenhua Luxury View at 10 AM on Tuesday for an interview.
The female assistant was also very thoughtful, sending an email specifying the exact location.
When Huang Sibo heard “Shenhua Luxury View,” he was shocked—wasn’t this one of the most high-end office buildings?
But after searching online for half a day, he couldn’t even find the official website of “Tenda Network Technology Co., Ltd.”
After further searching online, he discovered this was actually the company that made the games “Lonely Desert Highway” and “Ghost General”!
Admittedly, Huang Sibo had played both games, but didn’t know the company that made them was in Jingzhou City…
Though unclear about the company’s specific circumstances, since it had successful games and operated in Shenhua Luxury View, the conditions probably wouldn’t be bad.
That might not be quite accurate—it wasn’t just “not bad,” it was much better than the company he currently worked for!
Now he was concerned about whether he could get the job.
Huang Sibo had switched careers midway and had only been in the industry for half a year, earning the lowest execution planner salary of 1,500 yuan monthly.
He worked overtime every day and showed signs of premature balding.
So when he happened to browse job listings, he wanted to give it a try.
Even if he maintained the same salary level, as long as he could work less overtime, he would be grateful.
But he also knew that with his resume, he wasn’t very competitive, and the chances of being rejected were high.
Even within Jingzhou City’s small gaming circle, he was among the lowest tier, possibly less welcome than some fresh graduates.
He felt particularly inadequate after seeing the investment bank elites exiting in suits while he wore a T-shirt and shorts.
Checking the time, he realized he was a bit early.
Fearing being late, Huang Sibo had left home early. The bus ride was smooth, and there wasn’t much traffic, so he arrived ahead of schedule.
Standing outside wasn’t a good option.
Huang Sibo had to summon his courage to enter the magnificent lobby.
After explaining his purpose to the receptionist, the building staff arranged for him to register and then gave him a temporary card for entry.
Huang Sibo pressed the elevator button, feeling his heart pounding.
It was more nerve-wracking than the college entrance exam.
Perhaps it was because the lobby’s ceiling was so high and the decor so luxurious that he felt somewhat insignificant and inexplicably hesitant.
“Ding.”
The elevator door opened.
Just as Huang Sibo was about to enter, he looked up and saw a familiar face, freezing in place.
It was his immediate superior, the company’s lead planner, Old Liu!
Just yesterday afternoon, Huang Sibo had called Old Liu to request leave, saying he had urgent matters to attend to this morning, and Old Liu had approved it.
As a result, they ran into each other this morning.
The situation was a bit awkward.
The two looked at each other wordlessly.
But since they had already bumped into each other, pretending not to see each other didn’t seem appropriate.
Moreover, both clearly understood why the other was there.
They were both interviewing at Tenda Network Technology Co., Ltd.!
And judging by Old Liu’s appearance, he had just finished his interview.
Their interviews were scheduled back-to-back, one in the first half, one in the second.
Huang Sibo had to take the initiative to greet him: “Brother Liu.”
Old Liu’s expression was poor; he wasn’t in a good mood.
He was very satisfied with Tenda’s work environment, but that young, snotty interviewer told him to go home and wait for news!
Moreover, during his eloquent speech, the young interviewer showed little interest, seeming lost in thought.
This interview had likely failed.
Old Liu was very unhappy.
With my resume and skill level, which are quite rare in Jingzhou City’s gaming circle, did this young interviewer look down on me?
Most likely a rich second-generation playing around. This kind of company is bound to fail!
Of course, there was a hint of sourness in this emotion.
Seeing Huang Sibo, Old Liu became even more irritated.
Huang Sibo had been in the industry for half a year, always working under Old Liu.
He wasn’t good at anything.
Old Liu was often furious, telling Huang Sibo not to leave until he finished his work. Sometimes when displeased, he would add to his workload.
Yet this fool wanted to change jobs??
And he was trying to go to the same place as himself??
Don’t you have any sense of your abilities??
Old Liu couldn’t help but speak sarcastically: “This place has high requirements. You don’t stand a chance.”
“Since you have time to come out for interviews, it seems your workload isn’t full. When you get back, reconfigure the value table again.”
Old Liu left with a sneer.
“…”
Huang Sibo felt doomed.
Were the requirements here really so high? They didn’t even want someone like Old Liu, an experienced lead planner?
Then they definitely wouldn’t want someone like himself, who had been in the industry for less than half a year!
Moreover, upon returning, Old Liu would likely make things difficult for him.
He couldn’t take this matter to the boss; there was no way to complain.
If he were to tell the boss, “Boss, Old Liu secretly went to interview at another company!”
The boss would ask, “How do you know?”
Huang Sibo would have to reply: “Because I also went for an interview and happened to run into him!”
That wouldn’t be appropriate.
Maybe he should just quit!
Resign directly, eat dirt for a while, and then slowly look for a new job.
If there were no other way, that would be the only option.
Various thoughts flashed through Huang Sibo’s mind.
While considering these options, the elevator reached the 17th floor.
Huang Sibo stepped out of the elevator and immediately saw the nameplate for Tenda Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Looking inside, Huang Sibo was startled.
It was so magnificent!
Behind the spacious reception desk sat two beautiful female receptionists.
And they were twins!
Jingzhou City was neither small nor large. Finding twin sisters to serve as receptionists wasn’t easy.
This demonstrated the company’s capabilities!
Huang Sibo was overthinking.
Pei Qian hadn’t thought much during recruitment; he just wanted to find two or three beautiful receptionists to make the front desk look good.
But Xin Hailu had somehow found a pair of twin sisters, saying they would help enhance the company’s image.
Pei Qian was naturally pleased and immediately offered them the highest market salary for receptionists and general administrative staff—5,000 yuan per month each!
It didn’t sound like much, but in 2009, in Jingzhou, most receptionists earned just over 2,000 yuan. Even if someone was particularly good-looking, raising it to around 3,000 was about as high as it got.
Pei Qian offering them 5,000 was already considered extremely generous.
Of course, Pei Qian wouldn’t have minded giving more, such as a monthly salary of 10,000, which would help him spend his money faster.
But a monthly salary of 10,000 was a bit exaggerated at that time. Paying a receptionist 10,000 yuan a month wasn’t feasible, even for a pair of beautiful twins.
The key was that the system wouldn’t allow it.