Chapter 740: Chapter 265: Can Catchphrases Be Contagious If You Say Them Too Much?
First day back at school, as usual, we started with a class meeting.
"In the blink of an eye, four years are almost over, and you all are facing graduation season. Looking back, you were just stepping into the Ivory Tower, naive boys and girls, and now you’re facing society, turning a new page in life."
Class teacher Yao Hui’s sentiment was probably shared by everyone in Financial Management Class One.
University life was wonderful, with the beautiful campus environment, warm and loving classmates, everyone’s friendships were pure, without class and wealth differences, and free from scheming and deceit.
However, entering the societal melting pot may change many things, as those who have experienced a few months of internships deeply understand.
"I really don’t want to leave campus, our class is much more loving. At my internship company, I met a senior who acts like he’s superior because of his experience, pushes his duties onto us interns all the time, and always nitpicks, so annoying!"
Xiaobudian initiated the mode of reminiscing and complaining.
"You have it better. My colleagues at the internship unit pretend one way in front and act another way behind my back. They seize any mistake I make and report it to the higher-ups, isn’t that infuriating?"
Feng Zhongliang also felt frustrated.
With his personality, he’s not well-suited for navigating bureaucratic units. Yet, Old Feng has a dream of being an official, which means his career path is predetermined to be rocky, with limited potential.
"You guys should stop complaining, it’s worse for us girls. My male supervisor is a creep, even though he’s married with a son who’s almost as old as me, he says all kinds of creepy things and looks at me in a way that feels like he’s trying to see through my clothes. Thinking about him makes my skin crawl, I really don’t want to intern anymore!"
Naitang was thoroughly disgusted.
"Haha, I had it a bit better. There was a female senior in the office who disliked me for no apparent reason. I don’t know what I did to provoke her, maybe it’s because I’m younger and prettier!"
Nanaz was relatively lucky, assigned to a department with all female staff; otherwise, she would have been more easily harassed by male colleagues than Naitang.
Everyone was eagerly sharing their experiences of unfair treatment during internships.
Compared to that, Luo Xi’s foreign supervisor wasn’t too bad.
Even though he had a slight stalker vibe, he was quite gentlemanly overall. Once he found out she had a "boyfriend," he stopped bothering her and didn’t make things difficult for her.
"The happiest intern must be the class president, right? Serving as a company’s senior executive, everyone below has to follow orders."
"Of course, our class president is a company veteran; even the boss has to show respect."
"Don’t forget, the class president is also drawing a handsome salary, unlike my internship, where I got nothing but exploited!"
"Back in our freshman year when we were all playing around, the president was already working part-time. No wonder they’re well-off now; opportunities always go to those who prepare early."
"And there’s Wanyin, who followed the president for so long and finally made it. Don’t underestimate her for being a disadvantaged student; she might end up living more comfortably than any of us!"
"..."
Seeing everyone’s envy and resentment, Su Zelin laughed and said, "Come on, graduating isn’t the end of the world, everyone climbs up slowly, and when you become veterans, you can boss around the newcomers."
"Who knows how long that’ll take! At least ten or eight years to barely gain some status. And when will it be my turn to climb up? There’s a whole bunch of competitors with connections waiting, so exhausting!"
Feng Zhongliang let out a long sigh.
He realized he had previously been too optimistic.
Reality is harsh.
Nanaz felt lucky for being smart enough; Wanyin was following the president, so she also followed him.
Though with a different approach: Wanyin relies on her hands, while she’s relying on taking it easy.
...
Within a few days of returning to school, those interning out of town had to set off again.
This time they wouldn’t be back until about a month before the graduation defense.
On the eve of leaving Lin’an, Nanaz and Su Zelin had a date.
Naturally, they couldn’t avoid getting intimate.
After all, they’re young and full of energy.
After the passion abated, Nanaz leaned close to Zelin, her face flushed like a peach, unconsciously drawing circles on his chest.
Neither spoke, savoring the serene moment.
After a while, Su Zelin finally spoke: "Nanaz, when you return from your internship, let’s register a company!"
"Sweetheart, do you really want to help me open a company?"
Nanaz was both delighted and worried.
Her boyfriend willing to invest in opening a company for her showed he truly cared and wasn’t just fooling around, starting without finishing.
Yet she worried about mismanaging and making Su Zelin’s investment go down the drain.
"Haha, haven’t we agreed on this before?"
Su Zelin laughed, "Being young, we must dare to venture, whether successful or failed, at least we’ll have no regrets after trying! Nanaz, don’t carry any burden, no matter what, I’ll always support you from below!"
"But running a company involves socializing, doesn’t it mean drinking with some male clients?"
Ding Linna asked tentatively.
She was an extroverted and lively girl, confident in socializing, but worried her boyfriend might get jealous.
"Haha, you can focus on e-commerce channels."
"E-commerce channels?"
"Yes, simply put, it’s opening an online store on Taobao to run a business!"
If doing a clothing brand, offline expansion is challenging, requiring lots of energy for management.