Chapter 3872: Chapter 3860: Hostile Gaze

After leaving Sun Guofu’s office, Qin Yuejin returned to his own office and dialed Chen Hui’s number.

At this moment, Chen Hui was in the car, waiting for his call.

"Uncle."

"Everything is arranged, it’s been changed to a professional exam topic, a five-minute extempore report. I’ll send you the script in advance, so prepare well."

"Hehe, thank you, Uncle."

"You don’t need to be too nervous. Lin Yi’s background isn’t professional; his shorthand and broadcasting hosting skills can’t compare to yours. Just maintain a good mindset."

"Mm, got it."

After discussing the important matters, Qin Yuejin hung up the phone.

Soon, the phone chimed with a message from Qin Yuejin containing the exam topics.

The content was simple with no tongue twisters; with her ability, handling it wouldn’t be a problem.

Being the first was a given for her.

In fact, Chen Hui was serious not just to pass the exam.

With Qin Yuejin’s connections, she could come and go freely.

The real aim was to fight for the first place, which would grant her the hosting qualification for "Entertainment Frontline."

That’s why these petty maneuvers were necessary.

...

Approaching two in the afternoon, Lin Yi and Zhao Yuhuan arrived at the tiered meeting room, waiting for the interview to start.

"Lin Bro, why aren’t you nervous at all?"

"We have jobs as a backup, what’s there to be nervous about? The more anxious you are, the worse you’ll perform, and Director Zhao already said we’re just here as a formality. No need to overthink it."

"I’ll try to calm down."

Lin Yi leaned back against the chair, looking at the people in the meeting room, suddenly feeling a sense of looking down on the world.

They were all hustling for life, while he was just going through the motions. This feeling was truly peculiar.

Suddenly, Lin Yi noticed something amiss.

Among the interviewees, someone was intentionally or unintentionally glancing at him, and it was a woman who wasn’t unattractive.

Hmm?

Suddenly, Lin Yi realized that the woman seemed to be the one who approached 18 this morning.

Subconsciously, Lin Yi looked at her, noticing her gaze carried scrutiny and hostility, as if she was constantly on guard against him.

What’s this woman up to? He didn’t know her, so why such a look?

Muttering to himself, Lin Yi ignored her.

Soon, Liu Shuang walked in and said to those present:

"Since among you there are applicants for backstage directing, the interview will be in two parts. Those whose names I call, please follow me."

Liu Shuang began calling names from the list, and the first one was Lin Yi.

"Those whose names I just called, please prepare. You are applying for host journalist positions, follow me to another place for the interview."

Lin Yi stood up, glanced around, and saw that a total of nine people stood up.

Among them were also 18 and the woman who had been watching him.

Led by Liu Shuang, the group arrived at the entrance of a small meeting room nearby and then pushed open the door.

Three people were seated inside, one of whom was from HR, seemingly Sun Qinggang; he was there at the last interview.

Sitting in the main seat was Sun Guofu, and to his right was a woman with curly hair, who, as soon as a few people came in, first looked at Chen Hui.

Their gazes met in the air; the woman gave a slight nod as a greeting to Chen Hui.

The woman’s name was Wang Ling, a subordinate of Qin Yuejin, attending the interview on his behalf.

Upon entering, they lined up, and Liu Shuang said:

"Don’t be nervous, everyone. This round of interviews includes a small assessment."

"We will randomly provide you with a manuscript, all roughly of the same length. Each person will have about five minutes to prepare and then recite it from memory."

"Ah?"

Upon hearing the assessment criteria, everyone was surprised. Only five minutes, isn’t that too short?

But those were the assessment conditions, so no one complained.

However, Lin Yi felt puzzled; this wasn’t what he was told about the interview content, but it didn’t matter.

"Now, according to the assessment scores, the lowest scoring will go first. When your name is called, step out."

Liu Shuang held the interviewee list: "Wang Suping, the others please wait outside."

After calling the name, a girl with a ponytail stepped forward, and Liu Shuang handed her a folded A4 sheet.

Inside was the content of the upcoming assessment, and the others went out accordingly.

"This is way too difficult, only giving five minutes is absolutely not enough," 18 commented.

"After all, it’s a host journalist position; having some difficulty is normal. It’s all about the performance on the spot."

Among those present, nearly everyone had a bit of a foundation; nobody would dare to apply for such a position if they didn’t have some skill.

Only Lin Yi and 18 were exceptions.

Quickly, Wang Suping came out, not looking too pleased.

Since they weren’t familiar, no one asked much; everyone was calming their nerves, hoping to get a good score.

One after another, more people went inside.

About an hour later, only Lin Yi and Chen Hui were left among the nine.

Inside the meeting room, 18’s assessment had finished, now wrapping up the final interview.

"Alright, the interview ends here."

nodded, thanked Sun Guofu and the others, and then left.

"If I remember correctly, this person previously worked in the social media department. I think I interviewed him before." HR head Sun Qinggang remarked.

"Yes, that’s him." Liu Shuang replied.

"There are two people left, right? Let’s have the next one in."

"I checked the written exam scores and resumes earlier. That Chen Hui scored 95 and is a graduate of broadcasting and hosting; she’s the strongest among them." Wang Ling said with a smile, trying to leave a good impression on the others.

At this point, Liu Shuang went to the door and called Chen Hui over.

Chen Hui entered and gave a slight bow.

"Hello, leaders."

"This is your exam question." Liu Shuang handed over an A4 paper.

Chen Hui opened it and found it exactly the same as the one she had memorized earlier.

Though she had already memorized the content thoroughly, she used the last five minutes to reinforce it.

Soon after, the five minutes were up; Chen Hui folded the A4 paper back and smiled, saying:

"I’m ready; I can start now."

"Alright, go ahead."

Adjusting her emotions, Chen Hui began her report.

"Since 2012, our province has developed the national and provincial rural reform pilot zones into ’Vanguard’ and ’Test Field’ of rural reform, carrying out 48 national and 114 provincial rural reform trials and achieving significant results..."

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