Chapter 18 Hypocrisy! Shamelessness! Despicable!
According to the thinking of most people present, now that the owner, Song Guangyuan, had made a decision, Liu Shang had no choice but to happily accept the offer, and Chen Xu's goal would be achieved.
But to everyone's surprise, Liu Shang simply smiled at Song Guangyuan. "Mr. Song, as I said, the purpose of my visit today is to obtain a position with a salary of 4000 yuan."
"I am also confident that my contribution can fully match the requirements of this position."
"So, we can make a bet. If I fail to meet the requirements of this position in my upcoming work, the company can fire me on the spot, and I won't take a single yuan."
Seeing Liu Shang directly reject his proposal in front of so many people, Song Guangyuan felt a flash of displeasure. This Liu Shang was a bit too arrogant, completely oblivious to the situation. If he weren't considering Xu Tiande and Mr. Zhong, did this kid really think a salary of 4000 yuan was so easy to get?
Especially for a part-time student!
But now, Song Guangyuan was caught in a dilemma by Liu Shang, with Xu Tiande and Mr. Zhong on one side, and the company's management on the other.
At that moment, Xu Tiande and Mr. Zhong were mentally cursing Chen Xu for being a busybody, while also secretly worrying about Liu Shang.
After all, Liu Shang was still a freshman, a kid with no experience in the workplace. He didn't understand the conflicts of interest and the intrigue between people.
Seeing Liu Shang blatantly reject Song Guangyuan and insist on the salary he demanded, Song Jia, who had been peeking through the door, couldn't help but feel a surge of glee.
*Liu Shang! Well done!*
*Since my dad and the others won't give you the salary you want, then just get out of here.*
*If you want to make it in a company, technology alone is not enough!*
*Look at the way people like Chen Xu are looking at you. They will definitely make trouble for you and bully you at every turn in the future.*
*It just so happens that if you leave, I'll be thanking my lucky stars. Otherwise, if Tan Feng and the others find out about this, I'll never be able to explain it!*
Just as the atmosphere in the conference room grew increasingly tense, a young man with a laptop and a projector in front of him at the far end of the conference table smiled, breaking the silence.
"Hehe, Mr. Song, Mr. Zhong, Mr. Xu, Manager Chen, I don't think everyone needs to be so hung up on Liu Shang's salary."
"Speaking of which, Liu Shang is still my junior. For such a self-motivated young man, even I want to keep him and do my best to guide him and help him grow."
"However, what Deputy Manager Chen said is correct. To directly give Liu Shang a salary of 4000 would be inconsistent with our company's compensation system."
"For example, I am also a graduate of Fengcheng Petroleum University. I have been working for nearly ten years, and now as an engineer, my salary is only 4000 yuan."
"Since Liu Shang has always maintained that he is suitable for this position, I also have a question related to actual on-site production that I'd like to ask him."
"If Liu Shang can actually answer it, I think Deputy Manager Chen and the rest of us should have no further objections for the time being."
Following Ma Yuan's words, Chen Xu and the others who were dissatisfied with Liu Shang chimed in one after another, expressing their support for a third test.
This Ma Yuan was also a graduate of Fengcheng Petroleum University. He had been with the company for several years and was now an engineer working as a subordinate to Xu Tiande.
He had seen how much Xu Tiande favored Liu Shang earlier, even fighting with Mr. Zhong over him and claiming he had no one under his command. That sentence had deeply wounded Ma Yuan's self-esteem and strengthened his resolve to challenge Liu Shang.
So, taking advantage of this opportunity, he stepped forward, intending to ease the tense atmosphere for the boss while simultaneously making things difficult for Liu Shang, and also pleasing Deputy Manager Chen Xu and the others.
However, this was all his own fantasy. In reality, his actions had already earned the disgust and ridicule of many people.
From the standpoint of Song Guangyuan and the company, Ma Yuan's actions only aggravated the current conflict and caused further disharmony.
From the standpoint of Xu Tiande and Mr. Zhong, this Ma Yuan was even more hateful than Chen Xu. He kept calling himself Liu Shang's senior and claiming he wanted to help him grow, only to stab him in the back.
It was utterly hypocritical and despicable. Furthermore, he had graduated ten years ago, yet he was going to use his practical field experience to test a freshman. Did he have no shame?
In fact, Professor Xu had once truly regarded Ma Yuan as a promising seedling and had wanted to cultivate him wholeheartedly, just as he now wanted to with Liu Shang. But Ma Yuan was too ambitious. He was all talk but unwilling to do the hard work. Instead of focusing his energy on his work and learning, he devoted himself to petty office politics.
This had made Xu Tiande give up on him completely, which was why he wanted to find a new successor like Liu Shang to train.
In the eyes of Chen Xu and the others, wasn't Ma Yuan, a top graduate from the University of Oil, just another Liu Shang? If Ma Yuan was hostile to the younger, more promising Liu Shang, why wouldn't older staff like Chen Xu be hostile to the younger, better-educated Ma Yuan?
So when Ma Yuan jumped out to make a fool of himself, even though Chen Xu and the others publicly supported him, they were secretly waiting to enjoy the show.
But at that moment, Song Jia, who had been peeking at the door, cursed Ma Yuan angrily in her heart: *Hypocrisy! Shamelessness! Despicable!*
This Ma Yuan was eleven years older than her, and the guy thought very highly of himself. He harbored the unrealistic fantasy of becoming Song Guangyuan's son-in-law and the successor to Huahai. On many occasions, while chatting with Song Jia, he had laid on the flattery, frantically showing off his so-called mature charm and worldliness, which he claimed set him apart from campus students.
But he never imagined that his little tricks were completely transparent to Song Jia.
Although Song Guangyuan wasn't too demanding of his precious daughter's studies, he had spared no effort in cultivating her in other aspects, especially in terms of perspective and knowledge. Don't let Song Jia's independent, sometimes rebellious personality fool you; her insight and judgment were far superior to those of ordinary girls.
So the more Ma Yuan acted this way, the more contrived and disgusting Song Jia found him.
Now, Ma Yuan was using his self-righteous cleverness to embarrass Liu Shang, a freshman, while spewing such hypocritical words. Song Jia was genuinely furious.
Subconsciously, at that moment, Song Jia, who was also a freshman, felt a sense of solidarity with Liu Shang. At least on this front, they were on the same side.
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