Translator: HuaEditor: Bamboozled?
Chapter 81: Senior Pei
Staying at Shen’s house for two days, after a pleasant weekend, Jing Xun, who returned to the company, started a new wave of business.
There were too many things to be busy with in terms of Yiwei’s various laboratories projects alone, not to mention that Jing Xun was now in charge of an independent laboratory.
All the researchers who were temporarily transferred and selected from various laboratories last week all reported for duty on Monday.
But despite this, the newly-built AI laboratory was still short of manpower. In addition, other laboratories were also facing the same problem. Under such circumstances, recruiting more talents from outside had become an urgent need.
Professional talents had always been the key competitions for major companies, how could they be easily hired.
For this reason, Jing Xun set his sights on his seniors at the University of Science and Technology.
Like senior sister Chu Qiao, those who had not been arranged by the school were on vacation for the time being, and could be hired to help out temporarily.
It could be regarded as an internship.
Although they were graduate students, they may not have enough ability when they really go to work, but Jing Xun had cooperated with some of them and knew their work attitude and enthusiasm for learning. He believed that as long as they were willing to study harder, they would definitely be able to play a role.
He told Shen Yijin about his thoughts, and Shen Yijin said that he had no problem as always, and that Jing Xun could do whatever he wanted.
——He didn’t know since when, but Shen Yijin rarely intervened in all the work of the various laboratories.
It was an imperceptible influence, but for all matters related to research, the supervisors liked to report anything to Jing Xun first.
And like this kind of thing involving personnel transfer, Shen Yijin was even less likely to interfere.
He didn’t intend to be the hands-off shopkeeper1It is a metaphor for a person who only commands others and does nothing by himself., he just wanted to support Jing Xun unconditionally.
Of course, Jing Xun hadn’t encountered any problem that he couldn’t solve by himself and had to ask Shen Yijin for help.
Shen Yijin had no objection, so Jing Xun immediately contacted several of his seniors.
Everyone screamed with excitement when they heard that they were coming to Yiwei for an internship——that Yiwei!
Regardless of whether they could stay here after graduation, at least they get to work here right now!
Anyone who was contacted did not hesitate to report to their mentor or Professor Huo, expressing their desire to work here.
It was during vacation at this time. In addition, Professor Huo had always encouraged students to practice. He wouldn’t stop them from such a good internship opportunity, so the seniors who got approval joined the team one after another.
Other seniors from the computer science departments were very envious when they heard about the internship opportunity that Chu Qiao had obtained. For a while, Jing Xun became a popular figure in the department again.
Only this time it wasn’t because he joined the research team with different means nor was it because of some little program he unexpectedly did, but because he, as a senior executive of Yiwei, provided an internship opportunity for the students!
Seniors who were not familiar with Jing Xun had all asked through Chu Qiao and others whether Jing Xun still needed manpower, saying that they also wanted to come to the company for an internship. It didn’t matter whether they had a salary or not. What they wanted was the Yewei internship for their resume!
Jing Xun did not turn down their request to join.
It’s just that he didn’t accept everyone, it still depended on the foundation, strength and learning ability.
This also meant that he had to conduct a simple interview before allowing the unfamiliar alumni to enter the post.
At the beginning, he still took time to conduct one-on-one interviews.
Later, more and more people heard about this matter, and were interested in applying for employment. Jing Xun simply set aside a day to hold a group interview session to collectively test and screen suitable talents.
After the news was announced, on the day of the interview, as many as 40-50 alumni came to participate in the interview.
However, the first batch of seniors, such as Chu Qiao, took the lead to help organize and discipline, so the interview went very smoothly.
People with strength or unique ideas stayed, and some people who didn’t meet the requirements were invited to leave.
“The next one.” The previous one was politely sent away, and Jing Xun’s clear voice sounded.
“Next!” Sister Chu Qiao was nearby to convey it to the outside for him.
At the same time, Jing Xun looked at the form in front of him.
“Pei… Pei Qingnian?”
Looking at the name and photo on the resume, Jing Xun subconsciously read the name out loud.
Mainly because… This name was exactly the same as that of Senior Pei who liked to tell him stories in his previous world.
Although the photo was not very similar…
The door of the meeting room temporarily used for recruitment was pushed open. Jing Xun, who heard the sound, raised his eyes from the resume to the door. Then he was taken aback.
Not for anything else, mainly because the person who came in… he looked too similar to Senior Pei!
The photo didn’t look similar because it was probably taken a few years ago. The crew-cut hair hadn’t grown very long.
But the person who came in had gold-framed glasses, his head resembled a three-seven-point slicked back…
He looked exactly the same as the Senior Pei that Jing Xun knew!
Jing Xun stared blankly at ‘Senior Pei’ who walked to the opposite chair and sat down, he(jx) was still a little bit sluggish.
He carefully looked at the other party’s expressions and movements, but saw that after sitting down, there was no change in Senior Pei expression. His reaction was similar to other seniors who came for the interview. He was polite, courteous, and patiently waiting for his questions with no trace of abnormality.
…He was thinking too much, how could Senior Pei also cross over?
But there was actually a person in the book world who looked exactly like someone he knew…?
Was there really such a coincidence?
Jing Xun couldn’t explain it.
He buried his head and glanced at the job application resume placed in front of him… To be honest, this resume was very ordinary.
This was already the twenty-third person who came for today’s interview. With the lessons learned from the previous twenty-two people, Jing Xun has already observed some gateways.
On his resume, this ‘Senior Pei’ who was already in the third year of graduate school barely performed well. He only had two internship experiences with the kind of projects that hardly required any contribution or effort.
According to the previous interview experience, Jing Xun basically had a spectrum in his heart–this was another person who didn’t put much effort in his study, and was now trying to muddle through and brush up on his internship experience.
But before the test, Jing Xun could not develop a prejudice with this kind of subjective impression.
Jing Xun believed that there were countless possibilities in this world, even if it was only one in ten thousand chances, there might be a mistake, he would not make a rash judgment on people.
He followed the procedure and asked a simple and basic question first.
Regarding Jing Xun’s question, ‘Senior Pei’ answered it directly without much thought.
The other party exuded a scholarly air, his speech was gentle, but there was a kind of hidden self-confidence when it came down to the professional field. For an instant, he showed his ability to the full extent… This felt more like the Senior Pei whom Jing Xun was familiar with!
As a seeded contestant selected from across the country, he could participate in training with Jing Xun, and finally be able to represent their country after a rigorous screening. Senior Pei was a real expert in the field.
He has this kind of ability, that’s why he had such confidence in himself.
Jing Xun faintly saw some familiar shadows on this ‘Senior Pei’, he couldn’t help raising the difficulty of the question and asked two questions in a row.
The other party still responded fluently.
According to the rules, Jing Xun would first ask three professional questions to test the interviewee’s basic skills.
Many previous interviewees with the same grades and resumes as this ‘Senior Pei’ could not survive these three questions…
This made Jing Xun feel even more surprised.
This time, he asked another question that couldn’t be answered at graduate level.
Unexpectedly, the opposite ‘Senior Pei’, after a little confusion, was still sitting upright and quickly gave the answer.
Jing Xun: !
Jing Xun suddenly became a little excited, even his hands on the table were clenched into fists.
He cleared his throat and asked a very strange question: “At the 5th robot competition, what is the team name of the E Country representative?”
“……”
As soon as this question came out, the ‘Senior Pei’ on the opposite side changed his expression to a degree that was visible to the naked eye, and was completely shocked.
Soon he spoke a string of English words.
Jing Xun: ! ! !
Other people:……?
The students who were in charge of assisting the interview, led by Chu Qiao, were all dumbfounded.
Junior Yan never deliberately embarrassed anyone. For every interviewee, the questions he asked were very hierarchical and standard. The level of difficulty was moderate, and not too excessive.
But as soon as the fourth question came out, none of them could answer it, and they couldn’t understand it either. When it came to the fifth question, everyone was completely confused.
…What the hell is the fifth robot competition that Junior mentioned? Do they have this kind of competition?
Could it be the plot in any film or TV series?
While everyone was puzzled, they saw that Pei Qingnian who came for the interview suddenly got up from his chair, and Jing Xun, who was the interviewer, also did the same.
The faces of the two people coincidentally reflected each other’s excitement.
Then, Junior Yan used the reason that this morning’s interview was finished and sent them out to eat first.
Chu Qiao and others: …?
? ? ?
Although this was indeed the last interview this morning, and the rest have been told to continue in the afternoon, Junior Yan did not go to eat with them, but instead stayed with Pei Qingnian alone?
Standing outside the conference room, looking at the tightly closed door, a senior student shivered: “What is happening? Pei Qingnian and Junior Yan…that, president Shen’s head won’t turn green2Wearing green hat is a slang for being cuckolded. right?”
“What nonsense!” Chu Qiao said, “Maybe they are discussing some online topics? That’s the kind of online technology competition, which is available in many forums.”
“Chu Qiao is right, they are simply breaking through the dimension and acknowledging a close kin by using code words, you guys don’t talk nonsense!”
In the re-closed conference room, Jing Xun indeed recognized a close kin.
“Senior, is it really you?”
“Xun Xun! F*ck, it turned out to be you!”
Seeing Jing Xun, Senior Pei looked even happier than him: “is this how it feels to meet an old friend in a distant land? I thought I was the only one who crossed over!”
“When did Senior come here? The old world…”
The sudden meeting made the two of them excited beyond words. Both were somewhat stunned and could only ask whatever came to mind.
Pei Qingnian said: “I don’t know, when we came back from the competition and drove back to the hotel, we had a car accident… It was a very serious accident. I thought it was over this time, but I didn’t expect I would cross over when I opened my eyes …By the way Xun Xun, your body…?”
Pei Qingnian said while looking at Jing Xun with astonishment.
His appearance was exactly the same as before, but now Jing Xun’s complexion was 10,000 times better! The Jing Xun in his memory couldn’t take two steps before gasping. He always closed his eyes to recuperate, his face was always as pale as paper, he looked like a completely withered tree.
But now, Jing Xun has such a ruddy complexion, with a smile on his face, he could run and jump in front of him…
“Xun Xun, you, you are in good health!”
Pei Qingnian was really excited this time!
In the past, during competition, everyone on their team had sincerely made a wish, hoping that their junior brother could get better.
They didn’t dare ask for complete recovery, they just hoped he wouldn’t hurt so much…
They felt so distressed seeing Xun Xun being sick like that.
They were also in awe of such a junior.
Anyone who saw Jing Xun at that time couldn’t help but be filled with deep admiration.
But now… their wish had come true? ! …
It actually came true! ! !
Pei Qingnian couldn’t help but hug Jing Xun excitedly.
Jing Xun knew what was on his mind, and smiled back with a hug.
“Yes, Senior, I’m fine.”
They hugged and laughed, Pei Qingnian couldn’t help but jump with Jing Xun.
In the end, Senior Pei actually cried: “This is probably the first good news I have received these days. I would have come to you sooner if I knew it, hah!”
“Senior?”
Speaking of this, Jing Xun also reacted——he didn’t know Pei Qingnian also transmigrated because he didn’t know that there was a character named Pei Qingnian in the book.
But he was different, he was one of the protagonists in the book!
And it was the story that Senior Pei told him…!
With regard to this, Senior Pei expressed his objection: “You can drop it, the protagonist is called Yan Jingxun, your name is Jing Xun…”
“Besides, I have been here for only three days. Do you know what I have experienced in these three days? If I hadn’t seen your picture in the forum…which looks similar to Xun Xun I used to know, I wouldn’t have time to come here.”
Jing Xun: “……”
Well, the amount of information in Senior’s words was really huge.
First of all, it turned out that they had a car accident before transmigrating… he didn’t even know anything about it.
Secondly, they crossed over in the same scene and on the same day. But the time Senior arrived here was only three days ago.
Finally, Senior seemed to have experienced a lot of things, and then because he saw his photo in the forum, he came to the interview with a give-it-a-try attitude, but also did not dare to associate him with Yan Jingxun…
There was too much information to grasp, but out of concern, Jing Xun first inquired carefully about Senior Pei’s three days experience here.
The original Pei Qingnian was really an unlearned bastard. He was in graduate school for almost three years, but learned nothing. It was already hard to imagine if he could graduate. On top of that, he took out an online loan in a moment of confusion. Now he had to face high interest repayments and other problems.
As luck would have it, as soon as he came through, Senior Pei experienced a series of shocks such as debt collection, accusations from parents, and breakup.
After the sudden change in identity and environment, he didn’t know what he should do. He was even more depressed after encountering so many bad things.
“The most depressing thing was that people transmigrated to become the protagonist, cannon fodder, or villain, but I turned out to be a passerby who was not even mentioned in the book!” Pei Qingnian stamped his feet with anger.
Jing Xun: “……”
Ah, is this… the point?
However, through the story that Senior told him before, there was no plot related to ‘Pei Qingnian’.
This Pei Qingnian was never mentioned in the book…
Can he cross over just like this?
Jing Xun was surprised.
Pei Qingnian: “It was evident that the transmigration plots, face slapping and changing fate are all deceptive.”
As he said, he suddenly remembered something, and looked up and down at Jing Xun again: “Junior, you…you have become Yan Jingxun, the scum gong hasn’t done this and that to you right?!”
“No, no.” Jing Xun waved his hand and said that there was nothing like that.
Pei Qingnian let out a sigh of relief: “That’s good, that’s good.”
While he was relieved, Senior continued to talk about his matter.
As there was no character in the book who was called ‘Pei Qingnian’, when he first transmigrated, Senior Pei was confused, and didn’t even know that he had transmigrated into the book.
He searched a lot of information, and found that there were a lot of differences between technology and questioning. So he inferred that this world was different from his original world.
But at that time, he never imagined that he had transmigrated into a book.
…Until he accidentally saw the name ‘Yan Jingxun’ on the forum.
After all, he coincidentally crossed over after he finished talking about transmigration theme, so Pei Qingnian still had the ability to connect the nodes.
Later, Pei Qingnian resorted to his old business– he hacked into the school’s information network, did some research, and found that ‘Yan Jingxun’ also had a junior named ‘Shen Bohan’, who was a rich third generation. He also found Yiwei Technology, secretly hacked the information, and realized that the founder of this company was Shen Yijin…
The protagonist gong, shou and the big villain were all matched. Only then did he confirm that he had transmigrated into the book he had just read.
After discovering Jing Xun’s photo in the forum, Pei Qingnian also doubted whether Jing Xun had followed suit, and for this reason, he went a step further and searched for his(YJX) other information.
It was very easy to search for relevant information about Jing Xun. After all, Yan Zhengbo’s previous exam cheating slander had been scolded by the whole school as well as students from other schools for a long time. Pei Qingnian did not even need to use his old profession(hacking) to search. That post was still floating on the homepage of the school’s forum.
It was only after seeing the post and reading the comments to learn about the recent events regarding ‘Yan Jingxun’ that Pei Qingnian felt a touch of curiosity about him, and felt that he was more likely to be his junior.
But such nonsense, Pei Qingnian dared not directly confirm it.
That’s why he came to Jing Xun for an interview.
But he just had the attitude of giving it a try, so he didn’t show much enthusiasm at first.
And to be honest, Pei Qingnian’s mood was somewhat complicated when facing someone who looked like Jing Xun but much healthier.
Until Jing Xun got the right code.
The 5th Robot Competition was the last one they participated in.
It was still fresh in their memories.
“Thank God.” After Pei Qingnian told him all of this, he couldn’t restrain his excitement, and hugged Jing Xun again.
It was good that they transmigrated, after all, he and Xun Xun might have been killed in the car accident long ago.
More importantly, transmigrating allowed junior Yan to have a better body… Pei Qingnian never felt that fate was so magical!
Jing Xun’s thoughts were similar to those of Senior Pei. He continued to hug him for a while, and curiously asked, “So what photo of me did Senior see?”
A photo of him but it’s only similar to him, and still appears in the forum…?
“Oh, just some roadside photos of you.” Senior Pei said casually.
But he still responded to Jing Xun and took out his phone while talking. He explained to Jing Xun while flipping through the photos: “I think it’s only a little bit similar because Ah Xun in the past… was too pale and weak. I didn’t recognize you when I saw this picture. The first time I saw your photos in the forum, I cried. At that time, I was thinking it would be great if you were like this…”
“……”
While talking, Jing Xun saw the photos.
……It was the few times when Sir took him to school, and he was photographed by passers-by.
Turns out it was posted on the Internet… and it received a lot of comments…
Jing Xun flipped through these posts with a complicated mood. He never thought that someone would have started a topic about Sir and him…
“So who’s this super handsome guy you’re with?” Pei Qingnian asked.
“This is a long story…”
Pei Qingnian: “It’s not the scum gong, right?! Oh, it shouldn’t be, I saw a picture of the scum gong when I hacked the school network.”
“Oh, right, how did you enter Yiwei Group?…Although with your strength, it’s not unusual for you to join, you’re not afraid that… So have you seen Shen Yijin? Is he super scary? F*ck, I really want to see him. That’s my idol! You know what, I searched the entire Internet but I couldn’t find his photo!…
Forget it, forget it, we can’t afford to provoke the big villain. Xun Xun, I feel that since I have found you now, then we shouldn’t look for trouble. We should get rid of the plot and live honestly. Quickly leave this place with me, I’ll make money to support you…”
Pei Qingnian was too excited to see Jing Xun. He couldn’t control himself and said whatever was on his mind.
And just as he was chattering, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open.
The force that pushed the door was so strong that even the air was seemingly rippling.
The air pressure dropped sharply throughout the conference room.
The two people who were still close together because of excitement turned their heads and looked over. They saw an overly tall figure appearing at the door.
An ironed suit.
A face that was too handsome but ruthless, completely inconsistent with the decent clothing.
His eyes were fierce and bloodthirsty, his whole body surrounded by an extremely repressed and violent aura, it was an uncontrollable rage that was wreaking havoc.
Clearly seeing the postures and movements of the two in the room, Shen Yijin frowned fiercely, and said in a rough voice: “What are you doing?”
Hua: He also transmigrated. （⊙ｏ⊙）1It is a metaphor for a person who only commands others and does nothing by himself.2Wearing green hat is a slang for being cuckolded.