What appeared before Nan Yue's eyes was a bright and clean room with glass partitions designed to create a sense of space.
Through the frosted glass of a meeting room not far away, she could vaguely see figures, though the scenes inside were unclear.
All three of them were there, sitting side by side on chairs and wearing formal business attire.
Nan Yue and Zhu Xi Ning carried bags, while Gu Xiang Kai had a briefcase at his feet.
The three of them exchanged glances, silently taking in their surroundings.
There were about twenty to thirty people in the room.
No one was whispering, but most had excitement on their faces that they could hardly hide.
Nan Yue noticed about ten or so people who were sizing each other up with wary eyes.
These were likely the scavengers who had entered the mission.
Everyone understood the situation without speaking, and no one rushed to acknowledge each other, instead choosing to observe the mission.
Nan Yue thought about the objective: find the true meaning of work?...
It seemed they were here to start a new job.
On the glass door opposite them, there was elegant artistic lettering.
From a certain angle, the patterns formed several large characters.
"Blooming Media Company."
Nan Yue rummaged through her bag.
Inside were a cushion compact, lipstick, a small pack of tissues, a phone, and a neatly folded piece of paper.
When Nan Yue opened it, she found a resume.
Her one-inch photo was in the top right corner.
In the photo, she was wearing formal attire and exquisite makeup, smiling at the camera.
Nan Yue knew herself well.
She rarely smiled so brightly.
After all, scavengers lived with their lives on the line, and they didn't possess such clear and naive smiles or gazes.
She skimmed through her resume.
The position she was applying for was Secretary Post 1.
Her list of specialties looked impressive, but in reality, few were actually useful.
Scavengers had all undergone basic vocational training for mission worlds, and as an outstanding student, Nan Yue felt she would have no problem.
A few scavengers around her began to whisper to those nearby to gather information.
None of Nan Yue's group had such intentions.
They each looked at their own resumes.
Nan Yue saw her face in the reflection of the glass.
Her cold expression paired with the exquisite makeup made her look like a completely different person from the one in the photo.
"Zhu Nan."
A beautiful woman with high heels and sharp eyeliner emerged from the meeting room.
She flipped through the folder in her hand and called out in a loud voice.
Hearing the name, a girl with long hair and slightly dark skin stood up, her eyes showing a hint of panic.
This was likely a scavenger.
The beautiful woman frowned at her expression.
"What? Are you not happy to be hired?"
Zhu Nan immediately realized her expression was off and quickly forced a smile.
"No, not at all. I'm just too happy."
The woman's expression softened slightly.
She made a "come here" gesture, and Zhu Nan immediately followed her.
What bad luck, having to go in and test the waters before knowing anything.
This was the thought shared by Zhu Nan and almost all the other scavengers.
But for Nan Yue, this wasn't an issue because the situation was fair for everyone.
The person who went in first wouldn't necessarily share their experience with those who came after.
Furthermore, the subconscious human reaction was not to point out the path they had forged to those following behind.
It was just that the first person to enter would face significant psychological pressure, which depended on their personal mental fortitude.
Vague voices drifted from a distance.
The people sitting here couldn't hear what was being said at all.
Nan Yue looked at Gu Xiang Kai, but he shook his head.
He couldn't hear anything either.
After about ten minutes, the beautiful woman returned, but Zhu Nan was nowhere to be seen.
She happened to catch a few people whispering, and her face instantly turned cold.
The faces of several scavengers turned pale at her gaze.
"You have all passed the interview and are about to become official employees. You must follow the rules."
"The company is not a place for you to whisper to each other."
The group apologized sheepishly.
However, compared to the local NPCs, the expressions of the male and female scavengers who had started the conversation were particularly ugly.
The woman didn't say much more.
She flipped through her notebook quickly.
"Lan Jing Shui."
The atmosphere in the room froze for a moment.
A tall man stood up.
He looked to be in his forties, with a stubbly beard that didn't look messy but instead gave him a mature, weathered appearance.
Lan Jing Shui offered a smile.
"Thank you for your hard work."
The beautiful woman's lips curled slightly, clearly having a good impression of him.
Lan Jing Shui followed the woman casually.
His relaxed pace didn't make it seem like he was in a mission, but rather like he was enjoying a lazy winter afternoon after just waking up.
Only after Lan Jing Shui's figure disappeared behind the glass did the atmosphere here relax slightly.
No one recognized him by sight alone, but any attentive scavenger knew that name.
Lan Jing Shui, the man ranked Top 18.
Nan Yue could see that the atmosphere had warmed up considerably, and everyone felt much more at ease.
With such a powerhouse present, the survival rate would surely increase.
Top 18 was a god-like existence that almost 99.9% of scavengers would never encounter.
They had heard his name before but had never seen him, and now they finally saw the man in person.
The woman came out just a few minutes after Lan Jing Shui went in.
The speed was so fast it caught everyone off guard.
"Su Qiang."
...
As NPCs and scavengers were called in one by one, fewer and fewer people remained.
The scavengers with weaker psychological fortitude had already begun to get nervous.
Zhu Xi Ning and Gu Xiang Kai had already left.
They hadn't returned, so they were likely sent directly to other places.
It wasn't until there were only five people left that it was Nan Yue's turn.
Nan Yue quietly followed the woman into the meeting room.
Five people were sitting inside, with only one woman, who sat in the second seat on the right.
All five looked somewhat exhausted.
Two of the men had their phones out, looking distracted.
Nan Yue bowed properly.
When she raised her head, her face wore a bright smile identical to the one in her photo.
"Hello, leaders. I am Nan Yue. It is a great honor to have earned the trust of Blooming Media Company and to join this team. I will certainly perform well in my future work and create the greatest profit for the company."
The five people opposite her finally took notice of Nan Yue.
For a moment, no one in the meeting room spoke.
The person who went in before Nan Yue had stayed for nearly twenty minutes.
However, judging by Lan Jing Shui's experience, staying for a long time wasn't necessarily a good thing.
Based on the situation just now, Nan Yue suspected the previous person had been waiting for the interviewers to notice them, wasting too much time.
Instead of that, it was better to take the initiative.
The woman was the first to speak.
"The position you were hired for is Secretary Post 1. You will be following me from now on."
Nan Yue's smile was perfectly standard.
"Understood."
"We have a 10-hour work system here, but the secretary post is different. You must be on call at all times. Will you have any trouble with that pressure?"
Nan Yue's smile didn't waver.
"No problem. It is my honor to follow you, and I am sure I will learn a lot."
The woman finally showed a smile.
"You certainly know how to talk."
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