The girl Jiang Cheng found so familiar was none other than Xia Xiaowei, whom he had met at the celebration not long ago.
"Why is it her?" Jiang Cheng stood outside the interview room, glanced at Xia Xiaowei, who was sitting inside nervously waiting, and said somewhat speechlessly.
"Why can't it be her?" In response to Jiang Cheng's question, Zhang Manlin smiled and said, "Don't underestimate her. Although she's not an overseas student from a famous foreign university, she's a graduate of Tsinghua University in China — and from the management department. Her major fits perfectly, and she also has some experience managing her father's company. In terms of qualifications, there's practically nothing to pick on.
"Her name is Xia Xiaowei, right? So, her father is that old man from the Xia Family?" Jiang Cheng thought of something and asked.
"Yes, it is indeed that Xia Family. It's not a small family, ranking among the top 20 in the country. The daughter of the Xia Family becoming the secretary of the greatest genius of our time—it's quite a story, isn't it?" Zhang Manlin said with a cheeky smile.
"... Jiang Cheng shook his head, then asked, "Did the Xia Family specially look after you?"
... Yes, they specially looked after me. Otherwise, do you think she could have stayed until the end?" Zhang Manlin looked at Jiang Cheng, and after a while, she nodded and admitted.
Then Zhang Manlin continued, "According to my initial standards, although Xia Xiaowei is excellent—no, already very excellent—there are a dozen others at her level. If others can be eliminated, so can Xia Xiaowei—if following my standards, none of the seven thousand people applying today would make it through. However, since the old master of the Xia Family instructed, I can only give him face by letting her have an interview. If you're not satisfied, then I'll just wait for the documents to come in tomorrow and screen them again."
"Alright then." Seeing that Zhang Manlin seemed to have misunderstood, Jiang Cheng didn't expose it. He originally just intended to casually hire a secretary, but who knew Zhang Manlin would make such a big deal out of it. However, thinking carefully, given his current status, the idea of casually finding a secretary had significant issues.
Since Zhang Manlin screened according to her strict standards, so be it.
"Do I personally interview?" Jiang Cheng glanced at Zhang Manlin and asked.
"Isn't that a matter of course? No matter how outstanding a managerial talent, if you don't find them agreeable—they can't become your secretary. This isn't just about talent, looks, personality, or stature; it must also please your eye," Zhang Manlin said with a matter-of-fact expression.
"Okay." Jiang Cheng nodded, pushed open the door, walked straight in, and sat in the interviewer's seat.
Seeing Jiang Cheng go in, Zhang Manlin couldn't help but smile, turned around, and left to continue her own work. She had quite a lot of things to handle, having been delayed by Jiang Cheng's matter, couldn't afford any more delays.
Looks like there'll be another overtime today... Zhang Manlin glanced at her watch, couldn't help thinking so.
But, overtime is overtime; she was already completely used to it. As for whether Xia Xiaowei would become Jiang Cheng's secretary, that's not something she could decide. Although the Xia Family gave her quite a few benefits for this, she tried to be accommodating, but that's enough. She couldn't and wouldn't interfere with Jiang Cheng's choice. If it affected Jiang Cheng's evaluation of her and caused some loss in goodwill, it couldn't simply be described as a loss.
Thankfully, she had a premonition that this lovely girl was nine out of ten likely to become Jiang Cheng's secretary and wouldn't be eliminated by him.
There was no basis for this, just a pure feeling. Whether it would be accurate depended on Jiang Cheng's next decision.
After Jiang Cheng sat in the interviewer's seat, Xia Xiaowei immediately straightened up.
At this moment, Xia Xiaowei was completely different from her attire at the previous banquet. At that time, she appeared innocent, cute, with a faint allure that made her seem very beautiful, utterly charming, drawing every man's gaze involuntarily. Now, while still beautiful, her business attire made her seem more capable and astute. Of course, the capability and astuteness here solely referred to her competence, with no other implications.
Xia Xiaowei really wanted to greet Jiang Cheng, just like chatting happily at the celebration, but she knew very well that now wasn't the right time for that. Right now, their relationship was of an interviewer and an interviewee, nothing else.
Jiang Cheng looked at Xia Xiaowei and began this interview. After a few simple questions, Jiang Cheng went through her file again and again, couldn't help but ponder.
To be honest, regarding this interview, he was quite satisfied with her. Making her his secretary was not out of the question.
However, Jiang Cheng could also clearly see that Xia Xiaowei obviously liked him—an intense admiration mixed with fervent affection, emotions she hadn't hidden at all from beginning to end. She herself seemed unaware of how to conceal them well, which was evident even to Jiang Cheng.
If Xia Xiaowei brought such feelings of affection into her work, surely some unnecessary issues would arise.
Yet, Jiang Cheng reconsidered that when finding a secretary, wasn't it better to choose someone who liked him rather than someone who disliked or was coldly neutral towards him? But did such people even exist? People aren't devoid of emotions.
Besides, if not tested, how would he ever know if this girl had the talent?
Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng set down her file, looked at her, and said, "Hmm... you've initially passed my interview."
"Really?!" Xia Xiaowei couldn't help but appear very happy at Jiang Cheng's word of passing; however, she realized there was the word "initially" before passing—was there some other assessment? Content originally comes from nοvelfire.net
Xia Xiaowei immediately asked, "But... initially passed? What does initially mean?"
"It means you'll have a trial period—hmm, but rest assured, the treatment remains formal; the trial period will be three months. Simply put, it's for demonstrating your worth during these three months," Jiang Cheng smiled and said.
"I understand!" Xia Xiaowei immediately nodded, finally resting her heart—it was just a trial period. She believed in her capability, Jiang Cheng would definitely be satisfied! At this moment, Xia Xiaowei felt her fighting spirit was full, even more vigorous!