Chapter 83: The Goddess Filter Shattered
by xennovel“Is anyone here?”
Jiang Qin arrived at the entrepreneurship base and pushed on the general office door but it didn’t open. He peeked through the window and saw no one inside.
Cao Xinyue and the TV-loving senior were also Linchuan University students. When they had class, they probably couldn’t take care of work here. Moreover, the entrepreneurship base itself was a lax yamen. There really was no need to always have someone stationed here. Getting a closed door was a normal occurrence.
“Let’s go. No one’s here. We’ll come again next time.”
“Huh? What about my boss’s wife certificate!” Feng Nanshu pouted aggrievedly, feeling like the important document about to be in her hands was disappearing.
“There’s no one inside so it can’t be processed.”
“Then I’ll wait here for a bit.” Feng Nanshu looked serious, determined to stay.
Jiang Qin was a bit amused. It was just a self-employment certificate, was it really that important? “How about this, you come with me to 208 for a bit first. When the person doing the certificates comes, you can come back down.”
“Okay.”
Jiang Qin brought Feng Nanshu to the 208 office. As soon as they entered, the clacking of keyboards was clearly audible. It had a rhythm and even felt like entering an internet cafe.
However, when the little rich girl walked in with Jiang Qin, the keyboard clacking in the office paused noticeably for a moment before the rhythm slowed and the tapping lightened.
Following that, it turned into a suppressed whisper.
“Who’s that dazzling beauty behind the boss blinding my dog eyes?”
“Su Nai said it’s our boss’s wife.”
“Holy cow, our boss’s wife is this pretty?!”
“Yeah, same as the boss. Both are new freshmen in the School of Finance. Heard they even went to the same high school.”
“The boss is shameless, snatching her up since high school? No wonder it’s so hard to find a girlfriend in college. Turns out some people like to make early moves!”
“Have you considered that you can’t find a girlfriend not because the beauties are taken but because your face has issues?”
“???????????”
Amidst the chatter, everyone in the tech team stopped their work and looked at the names and photos on the ranking board, their gazes becoming a bit strange.
Especially the two guys in the group, Chen Wenxing and Yang Shuai.
When they took on the work of the campus belle contest, they were quite excited. After all, which guy wouldn’t be thrilled to personally help select the most beautiful girl in the school?
But now seeing the boss’s wife, they suddenly felt the campus belles and goddesses being pursued by each department seemed a bit dull. Their enthusiasm immediately deflated and was instead replaced by deep confusion.
“The boss’s wife isn’t participating in the contest? Who could beat her if she entered?”
“The boss doesn’t allow her to compete. Otherwise the game would be over for everyone.”
“Tsk tsk, keeping a beauty hidden away. Yet always claiming to not be dating. His heart is truly dirty.”
“A boss’s heart is always dirty. A few days ago I heard people from the School of Finance say the boss is keeping a model off-campus.”
“Damn, there’s even this? Too much of a dog!”
The reaction of the content team was similar to the tech team’s, perhaps with an even stronger sense of loss.
Why?
Because they had just finished interviewing the goddesses of each department and were writing character profiles using all sorts of flowery phrases like skin delicate enough to break at a touch, devastatingly beautiful features, lively sparkling eyes, smiles as bright as the sun.
But compared to the boss’s wife, total defeat.
“No interest. Don’t want to work anymore.” Lu Feiyu from the content team pushed away his keyboard, feeling utterly dispirited.
Dong Wenhao glanced at him, “You still want your salary or not?”
“Of course I need it.”
“Then hurry up and get to work.”
Lu Feiyu’s hands hovered over the keyboard for a bit, “Can’t do it. My goddess filter is gone. What if I can’t hype it up anymore?”
“Who’s character profile are you writing?” Dong Wenhao glanced at his computer.
“This one, Liu Yiyi from the Literature Department. I was really into the hype at first, stuff like peerless beauty, autumn water eyes. But now I can’t keep hyping. She’s not as pretty as the boss’s wife yet we’re selecting her as campus belle. Isn’t that a blatant lie?”
“Even if you can’t keep hyping, you have to force it. Don’t carry so much baggage as a literary creator. Talent isn’t as useful as money these days.”
Lu Feiyu pursed his lips, typed “breathtakingly beautiful”, then deleted it. He scratched his head for a while and replaced it with “lovely”.
No choice. Before the boss’s wife showed up, he could still call the department goddesses “breathtakingly beautiful”. But as soon as the boss’s wife appeared, all the goddesses only deserved to be called “lovely”.
The love and hate of male college students was just this simple and distinct.
In the afternoon, Cao Xinyue still hadn’t come. But a few merchants from the front plaza showed up at the door of 208, craning their necks to peer inside the office with curious gazes.
To be honest, the customer traffic at Xitian Milk Tea Shop these past few days had been too immense. Sometimes the line could even stretch to the doors of other shops. In this situation, it would be a total lie to say the surrounding merchants weren’t envious.
Especially yesterday afternoon when they heard Beilan Dessert and Fresh Fruit Supermarket also came to advertise and even got a 20% discount, it made them really tempted.
Seeing this, Tan Qing and Wei Lanlan went out to greet them and pulled them to the corner of the hallway to start introducing their services.
No choice. The office was too crowded. There was no extra space to use as a reception room so they could only make do in the hallway.
“Big sisters, during our event period, all advertising packages are 20% off. Not only is the effect good, it’s cheap!”
“Second purchase half-off? Oh oh, you heard that from the manager at Beilan Dessert right? This is a benefit only for our internal employees. I can apply it for you but you absolutely can’t leak it. If the boss finds out, he’ll scold us again.”
Jiang Qin stood at the door watching for a while, unconsciously getting ideas about the neighboring Room 207.
The website’s popularity would keep rising as the contest progressed and it would attract more and more advertisers. They couldn’t keep having people discuss business in the hallway. It totally lacked the feel of a big company.
I’m just saying, can we take over 207 too?
These past few days he had been going back and forth between the milk tea shop and the entrepreneurship base. He passed by the door of 207 many times and knew it was also an empty classroom. It shouldn’t be too hard to use it.
Even if they didn’t approve, secretly making a copy of the key should be possible.
Just as he was thinking this, Cao Xinyue walked over from the corner of the second floor looking a bit puzzled at the people by the door.
“Junior schoolmate, what are you all up to? These people aren’t students right?”
Jiang Qin revealed a profound smile, “They’re all clients bringing money.”
“You really made money?” Cao Xinyue was very surprised.
“Senior, you spend all day dating. You don’t even pay attention to big events at the school? Even the stray dogs know about the campus belle selection.”
“I do know a bit about the contest. But isn’t monetizing traffic the hardest part?”
Jiang Qin didn’t bother explaining to her. He pointed at 207, “Can you lend me this room to use?”
“Isn’t 208 enough?”
“Just look. When clients come I can only have them wait in the hallway. What kind of look is that? I at least need to get a reception room, right?”
Cao Xinyue pursed her lips, “How about this, wait for Professor Yan to come back. I’ll ask his opinion.”
“Then I’ll trouble you senior. There’s one more thing. I have a friend who took over the milk tea shop in the front plaza. Can you help them register here and apply for a self-employment certificate? Do the fastest process. The credits don’t matter.”
“Did the person come? Have her come with me to the general office.”