Ch2 - Where do I live?

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“What job are you applying for?”

A young girl of 20 years old at the front desk scrutinized Wei Fuyuan up and down, the word “distrust” etched clearly in her eyes.

Wei Fuyuan, “…”

He had been popular with girls of his age since he was in school. Although he was not interested in the opposite sex, he had never gotten such a cold attitude. A tiny spark in his heart immediately leaped up. 

“Yes.” He stared at the girl, held back his anger, and replied rigidly, “I want to apply for your company’s assistant position.”

When Wei Fuyuan peered from outside, he assumed the two-story red brick building appeared quite old. But when he entered the building, he believed it was too exaggerated to label the house as “old.” It was preferable to call it “dangerous.”

Although he didn’t know much about architecture, anyone who saw the cracked walls would feel that the house was at least fifty years old.

The small building was originally a residential building. The windows were both small but were situated very high. The well-shaped girders were  very low and ringed the living room, reducing the amount of light in the house.

The house had now been converted into a broadcasting firm. Most of the walls facing the street had been demolished and rebuilt with glass curtain walls.

But even so, the lighting in the room was still not much improved. It was dark. The lights were turned on even during the day, and there was a strong smell of mildew.

Wei Fuyuan felt that this building was suitable for making horror movies, both in appearance and in the interior.

“Wei Fuyuan, born on September 12th, 20XX year, 21 years old this year, a junior in business administration at Fengxing University.” The girl opened Wei Fuyuan’s student card and poked her lips disdainfully, “We don’t recruit work-study students here.” 

She was petite and was more than 20 centimeters shorter than Master Wei, who stood at 187 cm. When she stared at him, she needed to look up. But the girl was stunning in appearance and had piercing eyes, and even with her 1.6m height, she glared at Wei Fuyuan fiercely.

“Looking at you at first glance, you seem to be not suitable for this job.”

—-At first glance, you seem to be not suitable for this job.

This sentence made Wei Fuyuan very provoked. 

Wei Fuyuan’s face changed suddenly, and he jumped up like a cat with its tail stepped on.

“Why can’t I do this job!”

He extended his hand to stop the girl who appeared to be the front desk employee and peered around “What about your company’s human resources? Let me speak with him!”

“We don’t have HR here.” The girl sneered, crossing her arms across her chest. “I said you can’t do this job.” 

Some people would dare to provoke him again and again! If it wasn’t for Young Master Wei’s principle of “not to argue with the less well-informed female,” he was afraid he would have knocked the person to the ground already.

Just when the two were about to quarrel, the young man named Bei Quan came out of the backroom.

“Why is there so much noise?”

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Bei Quan put on a black cardigan coat over his home clothes, and his arms were sleeved as if he was afraid of the cold. 

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Like the room outside, this room was also very old.

The room was not big, only about 15 square meters, the wall was dilapidated, the corners were full of mildew, and the furnishings were very simple.

A huge desk was placed next to the narrow window, a bookcase on the left extended directly to the ceiling, and a file cabinet of the same size was on the right. Two big cabinets with bold colors provided a visual sense of flanking from left to right, emphasizing the original paucity of light. The atmosphere in the room had become more gloomy.

“Come on, sit down and talk.” 

Bei Quan walked to the desk, pulled the chair away and sat down, and then made a “please” gesture to another chair in the room.

Wei Fuyuan complied with his words.

Bei Quan took Wei Fuyuan’s student card and studied it carefully.

Ordinary people’s ID photographs would appear average, but the young master of the Wei family was rather attractive. Any photo made his face looked like a model’s face. 

His face was upright, his appearance was in line with the traditional Chinese aesthetics, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, bright pupils, and thin lips, and his temperament was like an unsheathed sword, handsome and fierce.

Originally, Wei Fuyuan’s appearance was like a high-cold male god who could only be seen from a distance, but a round and sexy bead grew in the middle of his upper lip, which neutralizes the sharp sense of his facial features, especially When he smiles, his lips would turn into a beautiful diamond horn shape, which looked a little bit cute.

Bei Quan looked at the student ID card in his hand, and then looked at master Wei, who was not a candidate at all. He gave a slight smile, “Do you really want to join our company for a part-time job?”

Wei Fuyuan was about to nod. Suddenly, there were three knocks on the door. 

Then the door opened.

Wei Fuyuan glanced back and was immediately stunned.

The person that entered the room turned out to be a child holding a tray.

It was not surprising that some small companies hire children for mundane tasks, and it was still acceptable to help bring tea and water, but the baby who came in was too small! 

The child was not more than three years old at most. He was a little fat, with round cheeks and a big tray with two cups of tea. He walked unsteadily.

Wei Fuyuan constantly had the feeling that he was going to trip his right leg with his left leg in the next second and fall to the ground.

“I am here to deliver the tea.” The little baby put the tray on the desk and said softly.

His height was no more than a few centimeters higher than the table, and he could barely reach the table by standing on tiptoe. 

Wei Fuyuan was terrified the baby would accidentally spill hot tea on his head, so he swiftly took the tray and placed the cups one by one on the table.

“Thank you.” The child peeked and giggled like a new year picture doll.

Then he turned his head to look at Bei Quan and said with an old and decrepit little milk voice, “Bei Quan, this person is not bad, don’t let him go.”

“Well, you go out first.” 

Bei Quan waved.

“Oh,” said the baby, and went out with an empty tea tray and didn’t forget to close the door.

“Wait…” Wei Fuyuan pointed at the door and opened his eyes wide in disbelief, “Where did this kid come from?”

” An employee of the company.” Bei Quan smiled, “Position, probably as a life assistant.” 

Wei Fuyuan, “…”

For a moment, he was thinking about whether he had strayed into a black shop.

This place was small and shabby, the front desk lady was terribly fierce, and the life assistant turned out to be a three-year-old child laborer!

Is this really a formal company?! 

“We work relatively loosely here.” Bei Quan handed back the student ID to Wei Fuyuan.

“Our only radio program is at midnight every Thursday. You understand it as early as Friday morning. It is a chat program and does not need to be pre-recorded. ” Bei Quan smiled, “But usually you have to go out with me to collect materials.-wouldn’t that conflict with your class time?”

Fuck!

Wei Fuyuan was excited. 

This part-time job was not only easy but also as if it was tailor-made for him, perfectly meeting all his requirements.

However, young master Wei was a child of a big family who had been educated by elites since childhood. He knew that there was no free lunch in the world. If the conditions were too good, it often meant that a trap was waiting for him.

In particular, how this broadcasting company named “Sāntúchuān” really looked unreliable would make people feel suspicious.

——Next, it’s time for me to pay the deposit, right? 

Wei Fuyuan was thinking about common recruitment scams and how to deal with them. When he looked at Bei Quan’s beautiful face, it gave him the impression of a fraudster.

Bei Quan, “The internship period is three months, and the monthly salary is 7,800 yuan, including three meals and accommodation. Do you want it or not?”

Wei Fuyuan: “…”

This condition was excellent. Even if he told himself that it was just a scam over and over again, it’s hard not to be excited! 

“…Do you want me to pay a security deposit?”

Finally, Master Wei couldn’t help but tentatively test.

“No need.”

Bei Quan opened the drawer, found out a contract, and handed it to Wei Fuyuan, “Anyway, you’re just a part-time job. Try to do it for a month first.” 

Young Master Wei took the contract carefully and read it twice. The writing was quite formal, and he didn’t find any loopholes.

But before signing, to be cautious, he confirmed it.

“This provides accommodation…Where do I live? ”

“Just here.” 

Bei Quan raised his hand and pointed up. There was an empty room upstairs, right?

Wei Fuyuan blinked and asked a somewhat unusual question:

“Do you live here too?”

“Yeah.” 

Bei Quan nodded and replied smoothly,

“It’s right next to you.”

Wei Fuyuan, “… It’s done!”

Master Wei didn’t know if he had lost his mind. After hearing that Bei Quan also lived in this small building, he signed a part-time contract. 

Then, as the boss, Bei Quan also took the new employee around the company with great enthusiasm to help him become familiar with the environment.

The whole red brick building had two floors, with a total area of ​​about 180 square meters.

In addition to the living room serving as the reception desk and reception room, the first floor also had a kitchen, toilets, and a study room used by Bei Quan as an office.

There were two rooms on the second floor. 

The biggest one was the renovation of two adjacent rooms. The original wall was replaced by a glass door. On the left side near the entrance was the reference room, where there were mountains of books and newspapers. On the right side was a studio, where there was a mixer for broadcasting.

The smaller room was Bei Quan’s room.

Wei Fuyuan went in and had a look. The area was not big, and the things were pitifully small. The bedding was neatly stacked, similar to a room in a motel.

“Then what about me?” Wei Fuyuan pointed at himself, “Where do I live?” 

“Here.” Bei Quan smiled and clapped his hands, pointing in a certain direction.”You can live here.”

Wei Fuyuan noticed that there was a small door behind the corner of the stairs. He opened it and found that it turned out to be a storage room.

The storage area was just around 10 square meters in size. Although there wasn’t much in it, half of the room was merely jammed beneath the steps, and the ceiling was also tilted. It was hard for Master Wei to stand up straight due to his height. That was, the formerly small space had been compressed by half.

Wei Fuyuan, “…” 

He never thought that he would live in a storage room like Harry Potter.

Bei Quan said with a smile as if he didn’t see Master Wei’s ugly face, “This room is not bad, tidy up, it will definitely fit a single bed.”