Chapter 226: Would I, Jiang Ning, Exploit My Subordinates?

Jiangzhou University’s Girls’ Dormitory, Building 2, Room 305, is quite a magical place.

From time to time, this dormitory emits some inexplicable fragrance.

Sometimes it’s the scent of flowers.

Other times, it’s the aroma of food.

But more often than not, it’s an indescribable spicy smell.

Like today.

The dormitory was filled with the rich aroma of spicy chili sauce.

And along with it came the angry shouts of a roommate from within.

“Mao Weiwei!!”

“How many times have I told you!!”

“Don’t spill the chili powder… Achoo!!”

“Ah… Ah… Achoo!”

Then.

A short-haired girl in a shirt, clutching her nose, dashed out of the dormitory as if fleeing.

But right after.

A girl with a long braid, wearing a surgical mask, chased after her.

She handed a spray to the short-haired girl.

“Accident!”

“It was purely an accident!”

The short-haired girl took the spray and gave her nose a few spritzes.

Only then did her sneezing gradually stop.

Then.

The short-haired girl turned back, looking calmly at Mao Weiwei.

“Weiwei, do you know what day it is today?”

Mao Weiwei was momentarily stunned by the question.

“Ah… Oh, it’s…?”

“Today is the Campus Recruitment?!”

Mao Weiwei shivered.

“Oh no, oh no, oh no…”

“Job hunting, job hunting, job hunting…”

Mao Weiwei muttered to herself and then rushed back into the dormitory, immediately stripping off her white coat.

She dove into the closet nearby.

After a frantic search.

She finally found two decent outfits.

And began to change.

At this moment, the short-haired roommate walked in, looking exasperated.

“Alright, you!”

“I just knew you’d forget about the recruitment fair, you scatterbrain!”

Saying this.

The short-haired roommate placed a stack of brochures on the desk in front of Mao Weiwei.

“Take a look yourself.”

“Look through them before you go and submit your resume.”

“It’ll save you a lot of time.”

Hearing this.

Mao Weiwei, who had just stripped down to her underwear, immediately hugged the short-haired girl.

“Hehe, Qianqian!”

“I knew you were the best!”

“Alright, alright, alright.” Li Qianqian pushed away the clinging bare skin with a look of disdain.

She pointed at the dozen or so brochures on the table and said:

“The most promising one here is Hongsheng Group, but they don’t have many positions available.”

“The others, like Lianshui Food Company and Chu’an Food Company, are decent.”

Hearing this.

Mao Weiwei pointed at a yellow-green brochure and said:

“What about ‘Shi Ning Ji’?”

“I remember it was founded by a junior from our school.”

“I heard it’s doing quite well…”

Hearing this.

Li Qianqian shook her head.

“The business is indeed not small, but its reputation isn’t very good right now.”

“Hmm? What do you mean?”

With that.

Li Qianqian explained to Mao Weiwei how ‘Shi Ning Ji’ had strict recruitment requirements this time, and even when teachers called to negotiate a few spots, they wouldn’t budge.

Unexpectedly.

Mao Weiwei just frowned and said:

“There’s nothing wrong with that.”

“‘Shi Ning Ji’ is a company, so of course, they recruit people who can benefit the company.”

“What kind of nonsense is it for teachers to call and push people in?”

Hearing that Mao Weiwei disagreed with her opinion.

Li Qianqian immediately retorted:

“Didn’t the school provide a lot of support when ‘Shi Ning Ji’ first started?”

“So what’s wrong with accommodating a few people?”

Mao Weiwei knew her friend’s personality, so she didn’t plan to argue with her about it.

However, the rumors her friend mentioned next made her hesitate.

“Weiwei, I also heard.”

“The boss of ‘Shi Ning Ji’ exploits her subordinates…”

As soon as she finished speaking.

A clear, melodious voice came from the door of Dormitory 305.

“Who the hell spread that rumor!?”

…………

Jiang Shuyan was witnessing firsthand how far commercial competition could go.

A respectable company with assets nearing a billion.

Actually resorted to using discount vouchers as compensation during Campus Recruitment, hiring students to recruit others to apply to ‘Emperor’s Chicken’.

At the same time, they spread some inexplicable rumors to slander ‘Shi Ning Ji’.

Things like shady dealings.

Ingratitude.

The most ridiculous one was the rumor.

That their boss exploits subordinates.

What a joke.

Not to mention anything else.

Just based on their boss’s stunning beauty and charming demeanor.

Would she need to exploit anyone?

If she really had that thought.

Countless young men would probably be lining up at her door, eager to be favored, right?

Initially, Jiang Shuyan treated these rumors as nothing more than jokes.

But when female students actually came to withdraw their resumes.

She suddenly realized.

How insidious ‘Emperor’s Chicken’s’ tactic was.

Even if they spent time later clarifying the rumors.

What good would it do?

The Campus Recruitment period would be over.

It should be known that ‘Shi Ning Ji’ is currently in a rapid expansion phase.

If at this time, due to a lack of talent, they had to slow down their expansion.

That would be a significant problem.

On the other side.

Chen He, the head of Hongsheng Group’s Campus Recruitment this time and the head of the Human Resources Department.

Received a last-minute order from Vice President Shang before setting out this morning.

To ensure, within controllable limits, that ‘Shi Ning Ji’s’ recruitment plan fails.

Chen He was promoted by Vice President Shang from a subsidiary.

So he had great respect for Vice President Shang.

As long as she gave an order, Chen He would do his best to execute it.

Like today.

As a competitor.

He was thoroughly familiar with ‘Shi Ning Ji’s’ information.

Knowing that the Jiang Store Manager sent today was the new store’s manager.

It was easy to understand why ‘Shi Ning Ji’ sent someone unrelated to Jiangzhou University to be in charge.

It was to avoid personal connections and make the recruitment fairer.

This is a normal phenomenon.

Though not openly stated, many companies do this during their development.

And the first thing Chen He did was to expose this.

To make ‘Shi Ning Ji’ first suffer from personal pressure.

Then release rumors about ‘exploitation’, ‘two-faced behavior’, and ‘financial chain rupture’.

Striving to trap ‘Shi Ning Ji’ in a whirlpool of public opinion, unable to extricate itself.

However.

Just as Chen He was sipping tea behind the recruitment booth.

A piece of news made him uneasy.

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“What? Issuing ‘Shi Ning Ji’ vouchers?”

“100 bucks? That much?”

“Come on, tell me how to get them?”

…………

“Just by successfully submitting a resume? That easy?”

“Wait, isn’t ‘Shi Ning Ji’ the one rumored to exploit subordinates?”

“Exploit? You’re a guy, what are you afraid of?”

“Right, let’s go, let’s go!”

…………

When Jiang Shuyan saw the number of resumes in front of her increase from just a few to over a dozen.

It took less than a quarter of an hour.

There were even two applications for the warehouse management position.

This made Jiang Shuyan both happy and a bit pained.

Turning around.

She looked at the beautiful young woman flipping through resumes on the chair behind her.

“Boss…”

“We just spent a few hundred bucks all at once, isn’t that a bit wasteful?”

“Wasteful?” The young woman didn’t even lift her head, chuckling lightly.

“They’re just vouchers.”

“Isn’t this the perfect response to the rumor about our financial chain breaking?”

Uh…

That’s true.

“Hello, I’m from the class of ’98, specializing in Food Research and Development… Hmm? Jiang Ning?”

Hearing someone call her.

Miss Jiang instinctively looked up, only to see a round face she was very familiar with.

“Hi, hello, Senior Ma…”

Moments later.

Ma Yanyan, looking bewildered, holding four ‘Shi Ning Ji’ vouchers, returned to her group of friends.

“Did you get them?”

Ma Yanyan nodded.

“How much?”

The next second.

When Ma Yanyan showed her friends the four vouchers.

A burst of exclamations immediately drew the attention of those around them.

Then.

The news that Ma Yanyan successfully applied and shared 400 yuan worth of vouchers with her friends spread like wildfire.

At this point, many realized.

There really was money involved.

Now.

The rumor about the financial chain breaking disappeared.

Instead, there were talks about ‘Shi Ning Ji’s’ generosity and wealth.

By noon, when the Campus Recruitment ended.

There were at least seventy or eighty resumes on ‘Shi Ning Ji’s’ table.

Covering all the positions they needed to recruit for.

Thus.

Miss Jiang’s recruitment fair goals were perfectly achieved.

However.

To her, these were just small gains.

Even if she slightly outperformed Hongsheng Group, making their Campus Recruitment almost fruitless.

Such results were trivial to Miss Jiang.

Right now.

All these things combined couldn’t compare to Mao Weiwei and the legendary spicy strip recipe she held.