Chapter 16#
World 1: The Tragic Supporting Male Lead Changes the Script Online#
Qin Qing stood at the door of the conference room, smiling at Xu Yizhi.
Xu Yizhi was still laughing heartily, his handsome and elegant face radiating joy. He almost always had a smile on his face, but no one could guess the true feelings behind this seemingly fixed smiling face.
No one could speculate on his joy or anger.
But his high spirits and happiness at this moment were so obvious.
After laughing, he glanced at Gong Cheng and asked leisurely, “What about you? Who do you think is the winner this time?”
Gong Cheng lowered his head, his cheeks flushed with shame.
There was a strange silence in the conference room.
996 couldn’t understand this silence and immediately clamored, “Qin Qing, look! Look at what a ridiculous person you are in other people’s eyes!”
Qin Qing smiled without saying a word.
996 spoke again hatefully, “Now it’s great, you can never think of working in Lanyu again. Your stupidity has opened Cang Ming’s eyes! Tell me, did you deliberately ruin the opportunity to work in Lanyu? You don’t want to follow the subsequent plot?”
Xu Yizhi waved to Qin Qing.
Qin Qing slowly walked into the conference room.
996 chased after him, scratching Qin Qing’s trouser legs while accusing angrily, “Qin Qing, you bad thing! If you don’t follow the plot below, your soul will also be scattered! You are really stupid!”
Qin Qing said in his heart while walking, “No, I will finish the subsequent plots one by one.”
“Meow? What did you say?” 996 was overjoyed.
“However,” Qin Qing paused deliberately for a few seconds, and then smiled gently, “I will go in the opposite direction of the plot.”
“W-what do you mean?” 996 was stunned.
“It means that if the plot makes me fail again and again, I will succeed again and again. If the plot makes me go left, I will go right. If the plot makes me move forward, I will—”
“You will move backward?” 996 added foolishly.
“No, how could I allow myself to move backward? I will stride forward and walk far to a place where the plot cannot control. If my soul scatters, so be it. I don’t care. At least this time I live for myself and die for myself.” Qin Qing hooked his thin lips and smiled gently.
But in his gentle eyes, there was hidden flickering bad taste and madness.
Xu Yizhi looked at such Qin Qing unblinkingly, his eyes full of interest. Cang Ming was also gazing at Qin Qing, looking very focused. This strange creature seemed different from everyone around him.
996 slumped on the ground with a thud, its heart completely cold.
Really unexpected, meow! A flower can be so hateful to this extent!
Qin Qing is not a rose at all, right? He is a flower of evil!
In just a second, 996 cheered up and declared triumphantly, “Going against the plot? Do you have the strength? The plot says you will fail this interview, and aren’t you failing now? What the hell are you proud of!”
While saying this, Qin Qing had walked in front of Xu Yizhi and Cang Ming.
Xu Yizhi propped his forehead, looked at him with a smile, and then said slowly, “Congratulations, you are hired. Report to the company at nine tomorrow morning.”
996, who was mocking Qin Qing endlessly, suddenly became mute.
Meow meow meow? What did it hear just now?
“Impossible! Xu Yizhi, are you sick? How can you hire Qin Qing? Didn’t you see how terrible his performance was just now? Tell me, did you fall for Qin Qing’s beauty trap? You can’t distinguish between public and private!”
The furious 996 circled around Qin Qing, jumping up and down, meowing and cursing.
Xu Yizhi’s smile remained unchanged, as if he couldn’t hear the noisy little fat cat at all.
Cang Ming frowned, looking very impatient, then stood up, took two steps forward, and extended his hand to Qin Qing.
“Meow ow!”
Qin Qing also extended his hand to Cang Ming, but his fingertips trembled slightly. 996’s miserable howl startled him.
“My tail hurts so much, meow.” 996 wailed tearfully, turning its head to see Cang Ming’s foot stepping firmly and ruthlessly on its fluffy tail.
Looking up along this foot, Cang Ming’s already unusually tall body looked like an indomitable giant at this moment, with terrifying oppression and coldness spreading continuously to the surroundings.
996 immediately covered its mouth with its chubby paws, swallowing all the wails into its stomach, not daring to pull its tail out, but enduring while trembling like a sieve.
Meow, the aura of the son of destiny is really scary!
The conference room quieted down. Cang Ming’s tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed, then he held Qin Qing’s hand, shook it firmly, and said concisely, “Welcome to join.”
“My honor.” Qin Qing also shook Cang Ming’s hand firmly.
He lowered his eyes and looked at the cat tail stepped on by Cang Ming, wondering if this was a coincidence.
Before he could figure it out, Cang Ming released his hand, turned to look at Gong Cheng, and asked, “Where is the reason for your elimination?”
Gong Cheng tensed all over, then straightened his back and answered with shame, “I didn’t figure out the true purpose of this interview at all.”
“What is the true purpose of this interview?” Cang Ming asked again.
“It’s to find a way to persuade Dr. Thomson to solve the BUG of the new product.” Gong Cheng lowered his head, his ears covered with a blush of shame.
Cang Ming shook his head without speaking.
Gong Cheng glanced at him quickly, his panicked heart almost exploding. The excitement of operating a ten-billion fund couldn’t compare to a look from President Cang.
Xu Yizhi shook his head with a smile and said gently, “An interview is an interview. Understanding Thomson’s scientific research progress in depth is still the true intention of this interview. Persuading him to solve the BUG of the new product is just an extra question.”
“You didn’t do the extra question. You didn’t do the main question well either.” Cang Ming denied.
“Didn’t do the main question well either?” Gong Cheng raised his flushed face, somewhat disbelieving. His main question was clearly done very comprehensively and deeply.
“All you said were compliments, and what Thomson said to you were also polite remarks. Thomson has already written a report on his career plan for the next ten years and submitted it to me. Your interview content has no value to me. Your interview notes are full of nonsense.” Cang Ming gave a cruel evaluation.
Xu Yizhi continued to comment, “Qin Qing stimulated Thomson’s competitiveness to the greatest extent. Therefore, in the subsequent conversation, Thomson detailed his latest research results and disclosed the data of these research results. He also made it very clear how much commercial value these research results have and how much they will promote Lanyu’s business. However, before this, he didn’t intend to hand over all research results to Lanyu at all.”
Xu Yizhi lit a cigarette, took a slow drag, and said with a smile in his voice, “This is the information we really want to dig out.”
He looked at Qin Qing and smiled with narrowed eyes, “Qin Qing, thank you for your great help.”
Qin Qing bowed modestly.
Gong Cheng carefully recalled the previous interview. The intimate communication and deep soul connection he thought he had were just some beautiful perfunctory actions. But Qin Qing used unexpected methods to steal all of Thomson’s secrets.
Lost, and lost completely! He didn’t do well on either the main question or the extra question! But Qin Qing did it beautifully!
Gong Cheng’s spine collapsed, and the whole person was immersed in frustration and depression.
Xu Yizhi took a slow drag of the cigarette and said again, “Do you know why Qin Qing took off his tie and dressed like this?”
Gong Cheng looked at Qin Qing, who was dressed rather dissolutely, and shook his head in a trance.
Xu Yizhi laughed in a low voice, his handsome and elegant face shining, “Because he wanted Thomson to think that he was just a useless vase. Who would be on guard against a vase? So the moment this contemptuous thought emerged, Thomson was destined to have many secrets stolen by Qin Qing. The seemingly simple interview is actually a psychological offensive and defensive battle, and the battle started the moment the two sides met, do you understand?”
996 was dumbfounded.
It looked at Gong Cheng, then at Qin Qing, and then exclaimed in a low voice, “You are not stupid?”
Qin Qing hooked his lips and smiled, sighing silently, “Who is the stupid one?”
996 was stunned for a moment, then rolled its eyes and collapsed, pinching its philtrum firmly with its chubby paws.
Meow! After all this trouble, it turns out the clown is itself!
Only then did Cang Ming release 996’s tail, slowly stepped back, and sat back in his original position.
“You can go back.” He said coldly to Gong Cheng.
“Okay. Thank you, President Cang and President Xu, for giving me this opportunity.” Gong Cheng bowed deeply and sighed, “My mother heard that I was going back to China to work, and asked me to read more of ‘The Thirty-Six Stratagems’ and ‘The Art of War’. She said Chinese people are very smart and will bring me a lot of pressure. At that time, I didn’t take it seriously, but now I have really learned a lesson. After going back, I will study Chinese culture seriously and hope to perform better next time.”
“It’s okay, one failure doesn’t mean anything.” Xu Yizhi comforted gently.
Gong Cheng nodded in shame, bowed deeply to Qin Qing again, and then left.
Xu Yizhi leaned back on the sofa, squinted and smiled at Qin Qing, and asked lazily, “I give you three choices: one is to go to the marketing department, one is to be the president’s special assistant on the top floor, and the other is to come to the legal department. Which one do you choose?”
Three career choices, this is an unprecedented preferential treatment! Qin Zishi gritted his teeth secretly, then looked nervously at Cang Ming.
However, Cang Ming did not oppose Xu Yizhi’s proposal, but looked at Qin Qing silently and intently. He was also waiting for Qin Qing’s choice.
Qin Zishi’s face turned pale, and his emotions surged instantly.
996 hugged its swollen and painful tail and said urgently, “Go be the president’s special assistant! The script says you became a special assistant first, made a big mistake and was scolded by Cang Ming, and almost got fired, then went to the marketing department to work under Qin Zishi.”
After speaking, it almost bit off its tongue. Damn it! Qin Qing said he would go against the script, so he definitely wouldn’t be a special assistant, let alone go to the marketing department!
Sure enough, Qin Qing looked straight at Xu Yizhi and said without hesitation, “Mr. Xu, I choose you.”
He didn’t say I choose the legal department, but said I choose you. A simple answer was said so ambiguously, intentionally…
Xu Yizhi held the wet cigarette butt, smelled the sweet floral fragrance faintly floating in the air, and couldn’t help smiling happily.
He took the cigarette out of his mouth and said lightly, “You don’t have a practitioner certificate.”
“Give me two months, I can pass the exam.” Qin Qing hooked his lips and smiled. Although the light in his eyes was clear and soft, it was also firm and determined.
“The judicial exam is very difficult.” The smile in Xu Yizhi’s eyes deepened again and again.
“It won’t stump me.” Qin Qing nodded, his tone calm and breezy.
“Okay, I’ll give you two months. Since you are willing, then come to me.” Xu Yizhi extinguished the cigarette butt, stood up and walked towards Qin Qing, taking out the tie folded into a flower shape from his suit pocket.
Xu Yizhi shook out the tie, smoothed the creases on it one by one with his slender fingers with distinct joints, then buttoned Qin Qing’s shirt, and finally tied this beautiful and exquisite tie back around Qin Qing’s neck properly.
“Come to the legal department to see me at nine tomorrow morning. Don’t be late.” Xu Yizhi held the tie and bent slightly to whisper in Qin Qing’s ear.
The cold cedar scent mixed with the strong smell of tobacco rushed towards Qin Qing. The warm breath blew on the auricle, and the extremely magnetic voice was like the sound of bells and drums echoing in the mountains, so heavy and so penetrating into the heart.
In an instant, Qin Qing felt an inexplicable palpitation and dizziness.
He asked himself again in confusion: Why is such an excellent man a supporting role?