Chapter 8

There was a line of people waiting for the elevator in the underground parking lot. Wendy felt a little helpless, she should have expected something like this. Wendy felt anxious, she opened the door and she was about to take the stairs to the nineteenth floor. Suddenly the elevator next to the door sounded with a ding. Wendy took a quick glance at the elevator. It had gold etched to the side. If this was the Gu building then this elevator would be reserved for the president. Wendy closed the door and stood attentively alongside everyone else. They were expecting the president to come out. However, a gentle-looking man came out instead. He was wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, he looked elegant but simple. The man smiled at everyone and nodded. "Good morning." Then his eyes moved slowly, and they fixed onto Wendy. "Are you Ms. Wendy Su?" "Yes." Wendy was shocked to hear her name. The man's smile was like the spring breeze. "Hello, I was asked by the Personnel Department to come down and pick you up for an interview." Wendy suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Being late was her first impression at Shengyang. "Sorry, I was a bit late today." "That doesn't matter, people meet each other when the time is right. Ms. Su, please come with me." The man gestured her to go into the golden elevator. Wendy was stunned. At a quick glance this elevator was obviously used by the president and his assistant only. She had a feeling of confusion as she said, "Could you please go up and tell the personnel department that I have arrived and that I'll be up there right away." The man understood her thoughts in an instant. He pushed up the meticulous spectacle frame and smiled calmly. "There's no need to worry. The president's elevator is allowed to be used by employees during the morning rush hour. If it wasn't, I wouldn't have used it to pick you up." Wendy's face was reddened from embarrassment, and when she saw several other people enter the elevator, she walked into it as well. The elevator reached the nineteenth floor, and the man stood inside and nodded at her. "This is your stop, Ms. Su." "Thank you very much." Wendy nodded at him. The moment the elevator door closed, the pleasant gleam in his eyes quickly ran away. He looked back on the managers who were still in the elevator. Several department managers looked at each other. The manager of public relations reacted first, he said, "She doesn't even work here does she, is she? Why was she able to take this elevator?" As soon as the voice fell, they arrived at the twentieth floor. Everyone walked out of the elevator in unison. The man nodded with a satisfied expression in the elevator. "Well, as you all know, the president doesn't like it when other people use his elevator." The door gradually closed, his sly smile disappeared between the doors. Several managers wondered who that woman was just now, she was allowed to ride in the elevator by the president himself. The interview was much smoother than expected. She was able to overhear a few interviewers. It seems that the finance department urgently transferred two financial assistants to another branch, and replacements were desperately needed. Wendy felt relieved when she heard this. She thought she had a higher chance at passing the interview. In the final stage, several interviewers began to discuss. Wendy straightened her spine, and a drop of sweat broke out from her nose. The interviewer in the middle smiled soothingly at her, but his expression had a hint of regret. "Ms. Su, after a lengthy discussion, we decided to—" A sudden knock on the door interrupted the chief interviewer, and then, without waiting for the people inside to say anything, the door of the meeting room was pushed open. "The company decided to do a few surprise inspections. The president wanted to personally review the performance of the personnel department." Everyone was taken aback, the man who opened the door had already retreated, and then a tall man walked in slowly. "Good morning, President Lu. Please sit down!" Several people inside had already stood up to greet him. Wendy heard a familiar male voice, she quickly stood up and looked back. When the man walked up, she happened to meet his eyes His eyes had a thousand yard stare but they could easily take your breath away and leave you wanting more once you looked at them. Wendy saw that he was slender and tall and fairly young. He had an extraordinary eye for detail and was able to amass a ridiculous amount of wealth at the young age of thirty-two. She heard them call him president, and without a doubt this man was a capable and promising leader. She was the granddaughter of a very rich man, which is why she had an eye for seeing talent in business. He had a domineering aura which was earned through experience in such a short time. Truly, there was no doubt that he was the president "Don't be nervous. I'm just here to listen in." The special assistant who came in afterwards made Wendy frown slightly, she had a strange feeling. "President Lu, please sit here." Wendy saw that the main interviewer, who had always been serious and meticulous, treated him respectfully. She admired his looks and talents, but she felt a little unlucky. This man was the president after all. She could easily answer questions about basic training to the country's economic status, but the president was still in front of her. Wendy was a little fidgety, she didn't prepare herself for this. She stuttered a bit in answering the next questions, and with the president watching, she felt very embarrassed.