Chapter 2 beauty pageant and job application

Once the campaign for the "Twelve Beauties of Jinling" was launched on "Successful Net", it immediately caused a shock in the entire Jiangnan area both online and offline. The first is the harsh election conditions: beauty is only the most basic condition, the key is to have good knowledge, at least a bachelor’s degree from a regular college, master two or more foreign languages, proficient in computer operation and Internet language, familiar with it, and it must be Geng Chen’s book, Can sing and dance well, and know at least one musical instrument - this is not "Jinling Twelve Beauties", it is clearly "Twelve Women's Band".One has to guess that there may be a bigger and longer-term packaging plan hidden behind the event: either casting for the reshoot, or wanting to follow the trend and form a girl band.

Secondly, the awards are astonishingly high: the winner of the championship will present a ready-made house with two bedrooms and one living room, which is fully furnished and equipped with home appliances; the runner-up and the third runner-up will each receive a car; all 12 winners will get a free seven-day trip to Europe, if they are willing to sign the contract "Successful Network" becomes an employee of the company, no matter which department it is assigned to, the starting salary is 100,000 yuan per year, and the commission is calculated separately. Under such conditions, it is impossible not to attract the attention of the world, and it is impossible not to move the hearts of some pretty girls.Although the registration requirements are so harsh, there are still a steady stream of applicants.

So some newspaper reporters hinted that the purpose of this competition is to earn a high registration fee, and some gossip said that the champion, runner-up and third runner-up have already been decided by default, and the new house and car are simply the luxury that the behind-the-scenes bosses planned to give to my little secret. A gift is just given out on such a high-profile occasion as a status, not only a gift, but also a star, why not do it?Some people even said that Zhou Ziheng, the boss of "Successful" website, regarded himself as Jia Baoyu. The so-called beauty pageant is basically to find friends for himself.

But no matter what anyone says, even if there is only a one in ten thousand chance, the beauties still rush forward bravely, trying their best to compete.Relevant media also responded endlessly, intending to get a piece of the action.Advertisement sponsors do the math and only pay for one online advertisement, but the competition will be broadcast live on TV, and newspapers will follow up and report. In fact, it is equivalent to advertising in all kinds of media. For a time, the successful beauty pageant became the focus of attention from all over the world. No matter where you go, you can hear anecdotes and anecdotes about the inside story of the beauty pageant.Mei Qi, the PR manager, answers reporters’ questions every day. On the one hand, she must keep her voice absolutely consistent and not give out wrong messages. This illusion of news updates will not let the media down in the cold.

Those well-spoken reporters always have a common question: Has a beauty as beautiful as Miss Mei ever considered running for the election?It will definitely add glory to the competition. As the number of repetitions increased, Mei Qi's heart warmed up, and she discussed with Zhou Ziheng: "I also want to sign up. How many places do you think I can get?" Zi Heng looked up and down seriously, and answered seriously: "Based on your conditions, it is not a problem to be shortlisted. For the official competition, I guess... the thirteenth place." Mei Qi was taken aback for a moment before reacting to the teasing from Heng, and she cried out in disbelief: "You embarrass me! You agreed on 'Jinling Twelve Hairpins', you sent me thirteen, didn't you mean to punish me?" After doing the math, I told myself, "Well, I graduated from a bachelor's degree and can speak fluent English. I have served in "Success" for three years, and the computer network is needless to say. Stable school flower throne... Which one do I not meet the registration requirements?"

"Have you read Geng Chen's book? How come I don't know?" "I'm going to read it now. I can recite it to you." "What about another musical instrument and two foreign languages?" "Did you forget? I have learned the keyboard for a few days. As for foreign languages, besides English, I can also speak Cantonese." "Cantonese is not a foreign language." "So... Japanese counts? I know all the Chinese characters in Japanese." Ziheng laughed loudly, he always admired Mei Qi's clever tricks.The smartest woman is not a female doctor with profound knowledge, but Mei Qi, who has big breasts and no brains, but has her own heart-warming side, and often brings unexpected surprises to men.

He Lameiqi sat on his lap and suggested half-truthfully: "According to the rules, it's not appropriate for one of us to run for the election, and it doesn't matter whether it's public or private. You can take part if you want, but you have to resign first. Anyway, you won't be elected to the top ten." After Erchai', he can also be hired back to the company, with an annual salary of 100,000 yuan, which is very cost-effective. How about it?" Mei Qi thought about it seriously, then turned her head and stared at Zi Heng's eyes. These are a pair of lying eyes, looking into the bottomless depths, looking at them for a long time, there will be a kind of coldness.They accepted Mei Qi's scrutiny without hesitation, eye to eye, nose to nose, but the distance between the two people crossing their necks suddenly became far away.

Mei Qi felt chilled, she liked Zhou Ziheng when he was sleeping soundly, his eyes were closed, he was innocent and innocent, if he was woken up in the middle of the night, he would be full of tenderness in the half-blind moment.But once he woke up, he became another person, calm and principled.On the surface he seems very tolerant, but if the bottom line is reached, no one knows what he will do. After dating for three years, she still couldn't really understand him. If she asked him questions such as "Do you love me" or "How much do you love me", his answer would definitely be "What do you say?" Very annoyed, he asked: "You always tell me not to repeat the answers when answering reporters' questions, but to have new ideas. What about you? Do you have any new ideas?" Zhou Ziheng replied: "Yes. Do you want to listen? Are you sure you want to know the answer?"

Mei Qi is not sure. She didn't know what she would do if Zhou Ziheng's answer was "no", she walked away or turned a deaf ear to him, she fell in love with him first, and if she lost the opportunity, she lost her position.She can't take that risk. Just like at this moment, she can't take the risk of resigning from the competition. She could only smile cleverly: "You want to trick me into resigning, so that you can take the opportunity to drive me away so that you can pick up girls? I'm not stupid." Zi Heng smiled insincerely, and continued to say in a provocative tone: "You have no confidence in yourself? You resign from the competition, and as long as you are selected, you will return to the company. The top three and your car and house are all gone? "

Mei Qi raised her head: "It's not that I don't have confidence. I don't have confidence in you. I don't know what you think? You encouraged me to resign, and then you made some tricks to prevent me from being a champion. No chance to supervise you?" "Ha, you are really confident, how do you know that you will definitely win the championship if you participate in the competition?" "Of course. Because I have already got the prize for the championship. The car, the house, didn't you give it to me a long time ago?" This time, Zi Heng really laughed out loud, he hugged Mei Qi, and whispered in her ear: "Do you know what I like most about you? You know the general situation, and you have a sense of proportion."

Mei Qi knew that such a compliment was not so much a compliment as a threat.In other words, if she insists on participating, she will have no self-knowledge, no general knowledge, and no sense of proportion. The scale of this cent or inch was given by Zhou Ziheng. She has too many scruples and taboos, and gradually she has a sense of fear that being with a king is like a tiger.Sometimes, she feels that her heart is very old and has been with her for half of her life; but sometimes, she feels that they have never started, and are still in the stage of pursuit and exploration.It's not that she doesn't know that Zhou Ziheng hates shopping with her the most, but he just likes to drag him around.It's not to offend him intentionally, but, only in these details, can she indulge herself to the fullest and enjoy her boyfriend's patience and love. Acting like a baby is a girl's privilege.However, her privileges are all limited within the invisible scale. Not without aggrieved. In order to win Zhou Ziheng's heart, she even went to ask Wu Gu for help. It is the thread of a friend of a friend.After a long ride in the car, I went to a water town whose name was lost to find an old wizard who was about to die and whose gender was vague. A friend of a friend said that the old man's surname is Pan, and he is called "Pan Daxian", and his name cannot be tested.Because people older than him are all dead, no one knows his life experience. The living villagers, since they can remember, remember that there is Pan Daxian, who can hide armor, divination and support ghosts, catch monsters and subdue monsters, Kanyu cures diseases, he can also plant Gu to release Gu, spells to summon souls, and even turn corpses into bodies, so no one dares to mess with him.He also stays behind closed doors all day long, hardly communicates with the outside world, and people will not bother him when he is free. He will come and ask for something. In exchange for the thing he asked for, Jinshan Yinshan is willing to move here, so the old man’s Livelihood is never in question.Moreover, it was said that he cultivated a "Golden Silkworm Gu", from which he could use inexhaustible gold and silver treasures, even if he bought the whole town, it would be easy. Mei Qi was puzzled: What is Golden Silkworm Gu? My friend didn't know much about it, so he just said vaguely: I heard that it is the most powerful kind of Gu, as long as you develop the golden silkworm Gu, you will seek wealth and get promoted, and you will have inexhaustible glory and wealth . Mei Qi was trembling, she was afraid that the old man was really as terrifying as her friend said, and she was also afraid that the old man was not as effective as her friend said. She sees that person.But that can no longer be defined by the concept of "person".His complexion is gray, his hair is thin, and the flesh of his whole body has melted away, leaving only a layer of skin covering his bones. It is strange and strange, and all his sexual characteristics have been blurred. No wonder no one can tell whether he is a man. is female. Mei Qi's legs were weak, she lowered her head, and tremblingly expressed her wish, that little bit of pitiful love.She felt ashamed of her own humbleness and helplessness.She covered her face, tears seeped from between her fingers, and gradually broke down in sobs. The old man was so used to it, he didn't ask any questions, he took out a worm and handed it to Mei Qi, and asked her to eat it for Zhou Ziheng, saying that he would be infatuated with her then. She was shocked: "How is this possible? Why is he willing to eat?" The old man rolled his eyes—maybe he didn’t. It’s hard to tell whether his eyes are open or closed. The whites of his eyes are completely blurred with the blackness of his eyes. I don’t know if it’s because his old eyes are dizzy, or he was born with cataracts or albinism—waved his hands and said hoarsely : "This is your business." She looked at the worm, not daring to pick it up: "Will it work?" "Why not?" The old man rolled his eyes again, and stuffed the worm into a small glass bottle.The voice is hoarse and almost inaudible, but it is sonorous and powerful, and it is continuous, "The art of witchcraft has existed since ancient times. Jin Xun's "Zhou Li", "Sou Shen Ji", "Yi Jian Zhi", "Ling Gui Zhi" , and there are records in the "Alchemy Department" of "Siku Quanshu". "Zuo Zhuan·Zhaogong Year" Kong Yingda said: Vessel worms are Gu. Said Gu is a bug kept in a vessel. You have not read the book Is it?" Mei Qi shook her head, not to mention that she never liked reading, but if she did, how could she read these things? Fortunately, the old man aimed to preach, and did not want to discuss with her.He opened his hands, like a speech: "The use of Gu art is as small as asking for money and seeking love, as large as revenge and fatal. It is always tried and satisfied, and it is responsive to every request. Even the ancient Chinese royal family regarded it as a magic weapon for power struggle. Harem Beauties III Thousands, but there is only one emperor, which one he favors and promotes, is it just because of his outstanding appearance? It is based on means! What is this means? It is "skill"! Husband and wife, what a wonderful relationship, but Wei Zifu learned witchcraft from Dongfang Shuo, so he confused Emperor Wu and took the favor. Gillian refused to accept it, and asked the witch Chufu to help him, and also used Gu to curse Wei Zifu to die , although things were revealed later, Empress Chen was deposed and dismissed from Nagato Palace, but Wei Zifu also ended up committing suicide and died unhappily. This is the famous "Witch Gu Rebellion" in the last years of Emperor Wu. These Gu techniques They have gone through hundreds of thousands of years and the tests of the political affairs of the past dynasties. They are real treasures and should be included in the cultural heritage." The old man talked eloquently, caressing a giant carved vase with great care, opened it carefully, with a secret smile on his face, and beckoned Mei Qi and her friends to come closer and take a look: "If raising Gu doesn't work, I will Why do you want to raise them? If not them, who will raise me?" Mei Qi leaned over and looked over—in the jar, there were hundreds of worms of various colors that couldn't distinguish their bodies from their heads. There were white and black, gray and purple, and some were colorful, even very gorgeous.He only vaguely recognized that the one with many legs was a centipede, the one with pincers was a scorpion, the one with long legs was a snake, and the one that jumped was a frog, but he couldn't recognize the rest.They are entangled on the sand table, twisting, devouring—they actually use each other's bodies as food, and often the back half of their body has already been swallowed by other insects' mouths, but their straw-like mouths are still greedily open, chewing on other insects. The upper body of a worm. Mei Qi barely vomited, her stomach was overwhelmed with discomfort.Not daring to delay for a minute, she hastily hugged her small bottle and left. ——She was still reluctant to keep the bottle. The little bottle filled with worms was carefully taken home by her in a bag, as if she had a heart in her pocket. "Zuo Zhuan" says: dish insects are Gu.Now, she also has a Gu.How to make Zhou Ziheng eat it willingly?She conceived countless plans—— Use sleeping pills to make him fall asleep, then put Gu in his mouth, and then pour water; Put it in a wine glass, say "CHEARS" to him, and tell him to drink it up; Wrapped in chocolate candies, eat the half without worms, and then bring the half with worms to his mouth, and coax him to swallow it... However, in the end, she only dared to chop up the worms, mash them, mix them in black pepper sauce with a vague face, pour them on the heart-shaped steaks, serve them on the table, and invite him to eat the heart-shaped steaks she fried herself. ——I don't know if it is because of this that the effect of the medicine is reduced, so that although he is "good" to her, he is not "crazy". Mei Qi returned to her PR manager's office, retrieved all contestants' information from the Internet, and re-read those potential competitors from the perspective of examining rivals in love—if a certain woman here is elected, accepting the letter of appointment becomes " A member of "Success" might come to compete with her for Zhou Ziheng.Since he turned 30, he already owns an entire "successful" company, with simple family members, and yet another talented person.Traveling all over the city of Nanjing, is there a second such dazzling diamond king? She can't lose him.Despite the fact that she never really had him. They work together during the day and sleep together at night, but no one in the whole company knows that they are lovers.Because since the beginning of their relationship, Mei Qi has made three agreements with her: if one day, even one person finds out about their ambiguous relationship, Mei Qi must leave "Success" immediately.In order to prevent employees from talking about the boss's indiscrimination between public and private, it is inconvenient for management. Every time Mei Qi sees those female employees or clients flattering and flirting with Zhou Ziheng on the basis of work, she feels blocked in her heart, but she neither dares to control nor mention it, for fear that Ziheng will use this as an excuse to ask her to resign. In that case, what chance does she have to keep him firmly in her sight? For three years, Ziheng gave her jewelry, cars, Chinese clothes and furs, and bought her a house in Meiyuan New Village because her name was Mei Qi.It's not a luxury mansion, but a high-rise apartment building with a better location.But the green area of ​​the community is not small. Although the sound of cars can be heard from the windows facing the street, the sound is irrelevant because of the high height. Instead, there is a kind of ethereal feeling of Chang'e looking at the world in the moon.There are ready-made decorations, the floor is flat and clean, the sun pours down selflessly from the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, and the curtains are drawn to block the sun outside. ——It's not too little to get, but you can't get marriage and status alone.As a result, there will be no long-term and stability.And she didn't even dare to ask, for fear of scaring him away. At least, his people are by her side now.How to turn this "now" into "forever" is Mei Qi's life work. The secretary called and said, "Manager Mei, there is a young lady applying for the job. Can you see me?" Apply?Mei Qi was surprised, the company didn't intend to recruit.Out of curiosity, however, she agreed to meet the candidate. Soon afterwards, she regretted this bit of curiosity. Because the person who came in turned out to be the embroiderer Luo Hongchen from the "No Needle Embroidery Workshop" of the Confucius Temple - she was wearing a light blue suit, with long hair, a fair face, wide distance between her eyebrows and eyes, long and dense eyelashes, and a nose. Straight and abrupt, with no trace of makeup except a little lipstick.Facing Mei Qi's long silent and focused scrutiny, she waited with a smile, not at all uncomfortable, and she couldn't see if she remembered Mei Qi too. Mei Qi intentionally did not reveal the fact that she remembered her, and said slowly: "Where did you see that our company wants to recruit?" "Didn't you hold the 'Jinling Twelve Beauties' beauty contest?" "Yes, but this is a beauty pageant advertisement, what does it have to do with recruitment?" "It is said in the advertisement that those elected as the Twelve Beauties of Jinling can work in 'Successful', which means that 'Successful' is currently short of people, so I am here to apply and hope to have the opportunity to join your company." Mei Qi was slightly startled. Before the beauty pageant, she had a talk with Zhou Ziheng, and what Ziheng meant was that there was a reason to use the competition to hype the recruitment. She didn't expect that this idea would be explained by an outsider, which made her very upset. Uncomfortable, the tone couldn't help being mean: "Do you think you are qualified?" Hong Chen smiled and said calmly: "If it's a beauty pageant, I'm definitely not qualified. But I don't think job skills have anything to do with looks and being able to sing and dance. As for the conditions mentioned in the beauty pageant advertisements that may be related to work: Graduated from a bachelor’s degree, understands computers, knows two or more foreign languages, and is familiar with Geng Chen’s book, all of which are qualified for me—this is my profile, as well as my homepage, forums I participate in management, and the URL of the FLASH I made myself , the music and illustrations are all composed by myself.” Mei Qi was even more displeased, because Luo Hongchen's strength was her own weakness, how could she "allow" a woman stronger than herself to appear in the successful network company? Just at this time, Zhou Ziheng made an internal call and said, "Mei Qi, let's have lunch together." "Okay." Mei Qi happily agreed, took a look at Luo Hongchen, and hurriedly added, "Don't come down, I'll go up to find you." But the phone had already been hung up. Mei Qi immediately made a decision, waved to Hong Chen, and said without doubt: "Our company does not recruit, and we have no plans to increase staff. You made a mistake." Hong Chen was slightly taken aback, thought for a while and said, "May I see the general manager?" Mei Qi couldn't bear it: "I'm the manager of the public relations department, and I'm also in charge of personnel affairs. I said there is no shortage of people, but there is no shortage of people. You can go." Luo Hongchen suddenly smiled again, stood up and left without saying a word. That condescending smile, as if she knew the secrets of heaven, made Mei Qi feel unhappy in her heart, feeling that she had been seen through.She, who has always been shrewd and decisive, made a fatal mistake again at this moment, and she couldn't help but sarcastically said: "You are overestimated. For a salary of 100,000, everyone wants to be in a beauty pageant." Luo Hongchen who had already opened the door suddenly stopped, turned around, and ordered coldly: "Manager Mei, you must apologize for your words." "I apologize to you?" Mei Qi raised her voice, she couldn't explain why, and couldn't control her tongue anymore, "Luo Hongchen, there is a mirror at the reception, didn't you see it when you entered? I asked the secretary to give it to you." You lead the way, you look in the mirror first, are you worthy of participating in the beauty pageant, or are you worthy of me apologizing to you?" Luo Hongchen's face was slightly angry, and he was about to reply, but a voice outside the door answered: "You don't apologize, I apologize!" It was Zhou Ziheng. Mei Qi and Luo Hongchen were both stunned. Zhou Ziheng and Luo Hongchen stared blankly at each other in the same door, and were speechless for a moment in surprise.Hongchen didn't expect Mei Qi and Zhou Ziheng to appear on the same occasion, and at such an embarrassing moment; in your own company.He had heard Mei Qi arguing outside the door just now, out of curiosity, he stopped and didn't come in, when he heard Mei Qi call Luo Hongchen's name, he was startled and hurried to make a rescue. Among the three, it was Mei Qi who came to her senses first, yelling in her heart that something was wrong, but on the surface she just pretended to be okay and said indifferently: "This Miss Luo got the wrong information from somewhere, and she applied for the job recklessly. Send her away. Ziheng, you want to have lunch with me? I can leave now." Zhou Ziheng had already stopped listening to what she had to say, and just stared at Luo Hongchen with interest and asked, "Are you here to apply? What kind of position are you looking for?" "Network program management, FLASH production, I can do both." Luo Hongchen paused, "Who are you?" "Oh, I forgot to introduce myself." Zhou Ziheng took out his business card, "Miss Luo is very welcome to join our company, but you have to take the application test first." "Of course. When?" "Shall we talk while eating? Mei Qi is an employee of my company. She offended you, and I have the responsibility to apologize for her. How about offering wine to apologize?" Before Hong Chen could object, Ziheng had already greeted Mei Qi, "You Do you want to come together?" Mei Qi feels sad for herself again, this is clearly another threat, she can either go with the flow or not take you to play, she has no choice.He was determined that she would not dare to disobey him. He's got her. And she really didn't dare to disobey her. But Luo Hongchen, she dared to oppose Zhou Ziheng without any scruples, and immediately declined: "If eating with the boss is part of my job content, it will be after work. When can I take the exam?" Zi Heng laughed loudly: "You have already passed the exam. Well, we must distinguish between public and private, and be principled. This is the essential quality of our 'Success.com' staff. You come to work at nine o'clock tomorrow morning. Manager Mei will assign the specific tasks. Yes. The probationary period is three months, and Manager Mei will sign the contract with you." After speaking, she stopped talking, nodded to Mei Qi, and left. In Zhou Ziheng's dictionary, he has never been used to entanglement with women, and he would never say it a second time if the invitation was rejected the first time.But on the other hand, he really appreciates Luo Hongchen's neither humble nor overbearing and principled, which is also the quality he values ​​most. Although his own theory has always been that reality equals shattering, and regrets are eternal, Luo Hongchen's strange reappearance made him no longer care about so many taboos, but only wanted to use the safest way to keep her. By my side, don't make her disappear again. Until he sat in the dining room, Zi Heng was still thinking about the unexpected reunion with Hong Chen just now, feeling dazed. When I saw Hongchen for the first time, I deeply felt that she was a person from the old era, classical and elegant, and she should be wearing a long skirt and high sandals and wearing flower brush willows to walk in the ultra-handy corridor or the moon cave gate, but the she I saw just now , but crisp, neat, sharp conversation, quick-witted, completely a standard modern OL. This confused him, he didn't know whether to be disappointed or pleasantly surprised by Luo Hongchen's different performances one after another; it also shocked him, and he felt that he had met the strongest opponent in his life - how similar was her dual personality to his own ? He couldn't help but want to get in touch with her further and get to know her. It could be seen that Mei Qi was also deeply troubled by Luo Hongchen, and said angrily, "You didn't tell me to increase the number of recruits before the beauty pageant ended." "I never said that people who don't participate in the beauty pageant can't work in 'Success'." Ziheng smiled half-truthfully, "You are the manager of the public relations department, but you can't open a shop with Wu Dalang, you are jealous of talents." "I'm jealous of her?" Mei Qi sneered, "It takes a minute to look at her face from the left eye to the right eye, and another minute to look from the eyebrows to the eyes. If you take a photo, you can't find it all if the lens is slightly off. Five senses, would I be jealous of her?" Since shaking his head, it's really hard for a woman to be mean to another woman.But he would not be stupid enough to want to correct women's aesthetic standards, so he changed the subject and said, "Luo Hongchen is here tomorrow morning, you can arrange for her to go to the editorial department to be in charge of forum management, and plan a new community column first." .” Mei Qi was surprised: "Are you really planning to use her?" "Didn't I make it very clear just now? When did you see me making fun of work?" "But..." Mei Qi grabbed a temporary reason, "We went to the Confucius Temple together that day, and you bought embroidered shoes for me, Luo Hongchen would not fail to understand. Don't you want employees to know our relationship?" "She's not a gossip." She smiled confidently, "She won't tell the truth. I won't misjudge people." Speaking of this step, Mei Qi could no longer persist.Zhou Ziheng said, "She is not a gossip", he said "is", not "like".When he talked about her, his tone was full of maintenance and familiarity, as if they were close friends who had talked about everything for many years. Mei Qi felt a vague threat. In the past three years, this was the first time that Zhou Ziheng had confused his relationship with his work—of course, he and Luo Hongchen hadn't talked about their relationship yet, but it would happen.She had a hunch that there must be problems between them.She knew the danger and heard her footsteps approaching, but she couldn't think of a way to stop it. The food was served, a circle of crab roe sushi, cold slave platter sprinkled with chopped green onion and sesame oil, salmon sashimi, prawn tempeh, small pieces of grilled eel, rose seaweed soup, fruit salad, and a small bottle of sake.Japanese food has always been her favorite cuisine, but now she has lost her appetite. Her heart was like a golden carp stranded on the beach, its color and scales were dim, full of powerlessness. She stared at the crab roe on the sushi, as if she saw a wriggling worm.She felt nauseated, but she also felt some kind of hope— Maybe, I should ask the wizard for another worm?