Chapter 281: Yang Beauty's Struggle
Lai Man Cafe is located in the bustling commercial area of the East Lake tourist zone, surrounded by numerous high-end office buildings. The price of coffee is not low; even the cheapest cup costs more than thirty yuan. Hence, those who come here to consume are generally not poor.
The main consumer group consists of elites working in nearby office buildings, including some company executives, and even directly, figures like company owners and shareholders.
For almost two months, she has been going to Lai Man Cafe every few days to order a cup of coffee and sitting for one to two hours each time, aiming to attract the attention of the male elites within this consumer group.
And indeed, relying on her looks, every time she comes to sit and drink coffee, at least one or two men would come over to chat with her. The most she has encountered was five or six men coming over within a short hour.
Unfortunately, the oldest of these men is over sixty years old, the youngest only seventeen or eighteen, and those somewhat close in age are mostly plain-looking.
Even if some have good looks and manners, they are mostly insincere given her experiences over the years with many men coveting her.
Of course, in these almost two months, she has identified a few potential candidates in her mind, but they are currently only ordinary friends with no further in-depth interaction.
There is only one she thinks highly of because he is an investment manager at a branch of a nearby multinational company, claiming an annual salary of over a million, and he's not very old, just twenty-seven this year, has overseas study experience, and looks fairly okay, with a height of over 1.8 meters.
Due to her positive impression of him, after several invitations from this investment manager, she went out with him for two meals, one seemingly romantic French cuisine and the other Italian.
Then, she sensitively discovered that this investment manager was not a good person either; during the second meal, he intentionally tried to get her drunk and even attempted further physical contact.
Additionally, through online contacts, she secretly researched the man's company and found that his so-called multinational branch was merely a nominal company with fewer than ten people in the entire company. The so-called title of investment manager was held by five people.
It is evidently very likely a fraudulent company, and this man is undoubtedly a fraud.
So, she directly exposed his lies on WeChat and, of course, blocked him afterward.
But unexpectedly, he wouldn't give up on her and continued to pester her. That night, he found Lai Man Cafe and tried to pester her, coincidentally being spotted by Chen Feng who helped her out.
She met and got to know Chen Feng that day. Initially, she thought Chen Feng was trying to chat her up, which didn't surprise her. However, after some observation, she thought Chen Feng was nothing more than an ordinary worker in nearby office buildings, although possibly with a monthly salary of over ten thousand, he didn't fit her fishing criteria.
So, at the time, she wasn't very interested in Chen Feng.
But later, she realized Chen Feng had genuinely mistaken her for someone else and wasn't deliberately chatting her up. Afterward, when he ignored her, she felt somewhat resentful and dissatisfied, which led her to occasionally glance at Chen Feng's direction.
Seeing him chatting and laughing lively with the woman at the same table, engaging in a happy conversation, made her somewhat annoyed. Consequently, she deliberately raised her glass to signal him with the intention of retaliating a little—hoping to cause misunderstanding with the woman possibly on a blind date with him.
Unfortunately, based on the woman's reaction, her simple attempt to sow discord failed.
Until Chen Feng stepped in to help her and even escorted her back to school, without expressing any false flattery or asking for her contact information throughout, it made her feel significantly frustrated.
As a result, in the following days, she didn't visit those selected upscale consumer places to wait passively but instead focused entirely on job searching.
Then, she arrived at Fengmang Film and Television Company for an interview today.
At that time, she had already passed this company's preliminary screening and was waiting for a personal interview with the administrative HR manager, sitting in a resting area close to the public office area or rather a reception area—a divided space of over ten square meters, furnished with some chairs, a small round table, and a newspaper and magazine rack, as well as a water dispenser.
She was waiting there, holding a paper cup, drinking water, waiting for the interview alongside a few other interviewers. She had no intention to communicate with them, continuously either drinking water or browsing her phone.
Then, she heard a commotion from the public office area, where employees began greeting, saying "Hello, boss" one after another.
Subsequently, she saw Chen Feng—the boss addressed by those employees was him!
They had met a few days earlier and had spoken with each other; she had even ridden in his car, it was impossible to be mistaken.
Chen Feng was the man who proactively chatted her up in Lai Man Cafe a few days ago, then helped her out and drove her back to school.
And he turns out to be the boss of this Fengmang Film and Television Company!
Before coming to the interview, she had already inquired about some background information of this company. In the current era of network information, being a graduate of journalism and broadcasting, researching information about the company she is interviewing for was certainly not difficult.
She knew that the predecessor of Fengmang Company was New Bright Film and Television, whose market value had reached hundreds of millions at its peak before it was sold.
Currently, Fengmang Film and Television's general manager Lu Sijia was previously the general manager of Zijinteng Media Culture, successfully producing the hit "Immortal Destiny."
Thus, from all the information she gathered, Fengmang Film and Television is a well-funded company with pretty good development prospects.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have come for the interview and even made ample preparations.
Previously, she was already attracted to the media editor position at Fengmang Film and Television, and now knowing that Chen Feng is the boss of this company, she is even more tempted.
Because apparently Chen Feng is the most suitable target she's encountered so far, one that could allow her to completely change her destiny and live the life of a wealthy person.
She wasn't in a hurry to pursue Chen Feng immediately because the last experience told her that Chen Feng didn't seem quite interested in her. However, she wouldn't believe that Chen Feng was entirely indifferent to a stunning beauty like her unless he wasn't a normal man, perhaps gay.
Moreover, deducing from his behavior post the Lai Man Cafe incident, he was probably on a blind date at the time. This suggests he is still single at present.
So, she considers herself still having a chance. But first, she must succeed in joining this Fengmang Film and Television.
Thus, she gathered her full attention, waiting for the interview to arrive.
After about ten minutes, it was finally her turn for the interview. This interview lasted only about five or six minutes; she felt she answered the human resources manager's somewhat tricky questions quite well.