E-Ladies: Navigating the Wired World
Chapter 177: Episode 177: Social Anxiety But Still Have to Mentor the Newbie

Chapter 177: Episode 177: Social Anxiety But Still Have to Mentor the Newbie

Zhang Jingwan’s resignation did not cause much panic, and the other employees of 51buy continued to do their work as usual.

Of course, with one less person in the marketing department, there was a need for fresh blood.

Zhou Xueyin felt that the beliefs she had held for years were completely shattered with the arrival of Zhang Yongzhong.

So, she tentatively asked in a small group chat of four: "[Quick, give me some advice. We’re preparing to recruit. Should we consider both genders or just males?]"

"I don’t mind either. Both genders can work, but if we have a guy in the marketing department, it feels like he might adapt quicker than a girl," Li Jinang shared her opinion.

"No guys! No! I don’t need newcomers here!" Kang Siyin insisted that she could manage the current affairs alone, and that having an extra person might lead to mistakes.

"I’m okay either way. Whether we get a guy or not doesn’t matter to me, unless he’s a cute little gay~" Yao Shanshan was as outspoken as ever.

"Then shall I ask everyone’s opinion?" Their three attitudes were clear, but she also wanted to respect the opinions of others.

"Xiaozhou, come here. I need to discuss something with you!" Before Zhou Xueyin could talk to everyone about recruitment, Zhang Yongzhong had already summoned her to his office.

"Yong Bro? What’s up?" Zhou Xueyin sat down on the leather sofa across Zhang Yongzhong’s desk.

This sofa had been recently requested by him from the group, ostensibly to better entertain clients.

"Next week a new hire is joining who wants to go to the technical department. Let Xiaoyin know and have her mentor the newbie." Zhang Yongzhong took the liberty of assigning a new hire to Kang Siyin without her consent.

"Didn’t... Did you consult me? Did you even ask my opinion before deciding? Even though we’re in the same company, you should at least inform me first?" Zhou Xueyin said helplessly.

She knew that whatever she said wouldn’t matter. Zhang Yongzhong, relying on his seniority, often made decisions without consulting her, leaving her to clean up his messes in the end.

"It’s not too late to tell you now. This new guy is the son of the marketing director of Cool Racing Group. He’s a senior and looking for a place to intern. He’ll stay for three months. I’m doing him a favor by arranging his internship here, and then it’s just a formality..." Zhang Yongzhong said carelessly.

With his connections and abilities, he certainly couldn’t secure a deal with Cool Racing Auto Parts Group.

It just so happened that this year, Zhou Xueyin was also planning to explore the automotive market. Zhang Yongzhong’s initiative to start with auto parts was in line with her own thoughts.

At most, she’d need to speak warmly to Kang Siyin and perhaps increase her salary a bit.

"All right, how much is the deal worth?" Zhou Xueyin asked casually, it was good to at least learn about the industry pricing.

"Not much, about 800k... They’re just testing the waters to see the outcome. If it goes well, they’ll consider a long-term partnership!" Zhang Yongzhong had been at 51buy for nearly half a year now, bringing some benefits to the company after all.

"Okay, I’ll discuss it with Siyin..." Zhou Xueyin nodded and got ready to leave the office.

"It’s not a discussion, it’s a notification... Everything has been arranged, and he’ll be here next week!" Zhang Yongzhong added.

Always slow in getting things done, but when it comes to buttering someone up, he’s extremely eager—money talks, and he’ll do whatever it takes to get it.

"KK, I have some unfortunate news for you..." As she left the office, Zhou Xueyin looked at Kang Siyin with a regretful expression.

"As long as it’s not about mentoring a newbie, anything goes..." Kang Siyin had a hunch that what was coming wouldn’t be what she wanted to hear.

"A moron secured an 800k deal, but the brand has a condition—their young master specifically requested to intern in the technical department..." Despite knowing Kang Siyin would be greatly unwilling, for the sake of the company’s interests, it was better to ask her to bear with it.

"No! NO! Absolutely not! I would die!" Kang Siyin protested vehemently, "This would shorten my life! I’d tolerate it if it were a girl, but no way with a boy!"

"The moron already agreed... He’s coming next week, and there’s no chance of reversing this..." Zhou Xueyin said helplessly, "How about this, he’s technically placed in the technical department, but I’ll take responsibility for him?"

"I won’t deal with him, and don’t even think about making me mentor him..." Kang Siyin protested resolutely.

As usual, it was the typical outcome of Zhang Yongzhong’s reckless actions, ultimately leaving Zhou Xueyin to clean up his mess.

The following week, the young master from Cool Racing Auto Parts joined.

He was a tall, handsome youth: "Hi everyone, I’m Chen Yitian. I’ll be working with you all from today. Please take care of me!"

"So handsome! Such great charisma! And his voice is so nice to listen to! Truly, he’s a scion of a big conglomerate!"

"We hit the jackpot! 51buy finally isn’t a nunnery anymore, now that we’ve got an eye-candy like him joining!"

"I wonder if he has a girlfriend..."

"Dream on, even if he doesn’t have one, he wouldn’t be interested in you!"

After Chen Yitian briefly introduced himself, the others started whispering among themselves, mostly with words of praise.

However, Kang Siyin didn’t even glance at Chen Yitian, her head lowered as she fiddled with the computer.

"Xiaotian, you can sit here..." Zhou Xueyin cleaned up the space next to her own workstation for Chen Yitian.

After all, he was a big company’s young master condescending to intern here, so he couldn’t be treated too poorly, right?

"Okay, thank you, Zhou-jie! Who’s my master?" Chen Yitian looked around at everyone.

"Her..." Everyone, looking on with interest, pointed unanimously at Kang Siyin.

"Master, hello! I’m Chen Yitian! I’ll be in your care in the coming days!" Chen Yitian approached Kang Siyin to make a good impression.

"I, I am, am called Kang Siyin... you, you start by familiarizing yourself with the backend. For the address, ask Yinyin..." Kang Siyin was so nervous she nearly broke out in hives.

No matter how handsome the guy was, she didn’t find him appealing and even subconsciously wanted to escape from a space that contained males.

"You all stop bullying KK, get to work, Xiaotian, I’ll teach you about the forum..." Fortunately, during the initial setup of the forum structure, Zhou Xueyin and Kang Siyin had worked together, so passing on that knowledge was something she was quite adept at.

"I appreciate it a lot..." Chen Yitian spoke gratefully and politely.

"No need to be so formal... By the way, if you wanted to intern, wouldn’t it have been better at your family’s conglomerate? Why come to a company like ours that doesn’t even have weekends off?" Zhou Xueyin asked while teaching him how to operate the forum backend.

"To tell you the truth, everyone in my family’s conglomerate stays away from me—this I can’t touch, that I can’t operate... Eventually, I could only sit around in the factory, wasting my youth! That’s why I wanted to intern at a busier IT company. At least I could learn some skills," Chen Yitian said frankly.

The young man had a good intention, but she feared that once they actually got busy, he would start crying for his parents...