In the early morning, the sun shone on the crystal glass of the building, and the reflected light hit the figure on the roadside.
At the entrance of the Xia Group Building stood a woman in light - colored clothing, whose confidence was hard to hide.
The woman was holding her phone in one hand. Just after hanging up the call, she saw a man running down out of breath. He said respectfully, "Miss Xia Weilan, you're here."
It was just 7:30 in the morning, the rush - hour for work.
Xia Weilan looked at the manager in front of her and asked curiously,
"Did my uncle ask you to pick me up?"
"Yes. General Manager Xue is very busy with official business, so he asked me to handle your on - boarding procedures." Manager Yang was extremely respectful, lowering his head and speaking carefully.
Xia Weilan gave Manager Yang a casual glance and then followed him to the Design Department.
"Everyone, stop what you're doing and come here. I'd like to introduce our new team member." As soon as Manager Yang entered the Design Department, he gave an order haughtily.
The other staff members looked at each other in confusion and then gathered around.
"This is our new designer, Miss Xia. She'll be interning in the Design Department this summer. You should get along well with her from now on. Do you understand?" After Manager Yang finished speaking, he bowed to Xia Weilan.
Xia Weilan clearly noticed the disdainful looks on the faces of several staff members in front of her, and some even wore fake smiles.
It seemed that Xue Zhiqing obviously wanted to make her unpopular in the Design Department.
"Manager Yang, you're being too polite. From now on, we're all colleagues, and you're my superior. There's no need to give me special treatment." Xia Weilan said neither overbearingly nor humbly.
"Yes, yes, yes, Miss Xia, this way please. This is your workstation." Manager Yang was as respectful as he could be and quickly led Xia Weilan to the work area.
"Pfft, I wondered who it was. Last time, Lin Xuefei came here throwing her weight around. That was already hard enough for us. Now there's another young lady."
"Yeah, look at the way Manager Yang is smiling. It's as if a leader is coming for an inspection."
"However, didn't this young lady just win the championship in the Moying Group's design competition not long ago?" A woman wearing glasses whispered, "I also submitted my work."
The others didn't take it seriously. In their eyes, all young ladies were just good - for - nothing spendthrifts. They didn't believe that a young lady could understand design. They were more willing to believe that even if she won the award, she must have bought it with money.
The staff members in the Design Department all looked at Xia Weilan in a strange way.
"Meeting time, meeting time. What are you standing there for?" The design director walked out of the office. When he saw Xia Weilan, he was slightly stunned but didn't say much. He just said to Xia Weilan in a business - like manner,
"Newcomer, come to the meeting room for the meeting later. Remember to bring paper and a pen."
"Okay." Looking at the serious face of the design director, Xia Weilan thought that finally there was a normal person.
A few minutes later, Xia Weilan walked into the meeting room.
The people who were already sitting around all turned their heads and stared directly at Xia Weilan.
There were two rows of people sitting around the meeting room. The first row was occupied by senior employees, and the second row was for assistants and newbies.
The seat beside the design director was empty due to a job vacancy.
Xia Weilan walked straight to an empty chair in the second row and sat down with a calm expression.
"Okay, let's start the meeting!" The design director began this meeting,
"The theme of this design is 'vitality', which should reflect the enthusiasm of young men and women. The colors should be bright..."
"Director, I think the design submissions for this time should be anonymous. Only in this way can it be fair and just." The designer with an alternative dressing style said loudly, with a rather cynical look in her eyes.
"There was no such mechanism before. Why suddenly..." The design director said and then suddenly looked at Xia Weilan sitting in the corner. After a pause, he said,
"Well, it's also a good idea. Then the submissions will be anonymous this time."
Xia Weilan kept her head down throughout the process. While listening to their conversation, she scribbled on the manuscript paper, looking like a complete invisible person.
The design director glanced at Xia Weilan and wasn't quite sure about her personality.
"Le Gaogao, why did you make such a request during the meeting? If Miss Xia knows that you're targeting her, you'll lose your job!" The assistant quickly leaned over to Le Gaogao's ear and murmured.
"What are you afraid of? With my ability, it'll be a loss for the Xia Group if they don't have me. I have talent, so I'm not afraid anywhere." Le Gaogao raised her eyebrows and looked at Xia Weilan provocatively.
However, Xia Weilan didn't even glance at her.
After the meeting, everyone went back to their work areas and started scribbling.
Xia Weilan also showed an ordinary performance. She just drew some manuscripts for a while, then drank coffee and sat there in a daze, as if she was here to enjoy herself.
Le Gaogao looked at Xia Weilan with dissatisfaction and frowned even more as she seriously designed.
"Okay, okay. Those who have finished their designs can submit them in this box. If you've finished early, you can get off work first."
In the afternoon, an assistant carried a box and placed it at the door of the director's office.
Hearing this, Xia Weilan looked up, and a glint of light flashed in her eyes. She had already finished her design just now, so without saying a word, she stood up. Passing by Le Gaogao, who was gaping in surprise, she submitted her design manuscript into the box.
"Can I really get off work now?" Xia Weilan asked.
"Yes, Miss Xia." The assistant was very kind - faced.
Xia Weilan immediately turned around and walked out.
"Wow!" Suddenly, there were gasps from the designers in the studio.
"As expected of a young lady. She treats this place like a shopping mall. Just stroll around and then leave."
"Yeah, submitting the manuscript so quickly. Where does she get her confidence? Or maybe she just designed it casually."
Several people surrounded the box and said to the assistant,
"Anyway, there's only Xia Weilan's design in this box. Why don't we take it out and have a look first?"
"Didn't you say it's an anonymous submission?" The little assistant blinked and looked at Le Gaogao.
"That idea was to guard against that young lady. If we take a look at that young lady's design manuscript, if it's good and gets selected by the director, we'll be convinced. What if it's bad and has been switched?"
"Yeah, yeah. We'll just take a sneak peek. Don't let the director know later." The others echoed.
The little assistant hesitated for a while and then took out the design manuscript and spread it out in front of everyone.
Several people stretched their necks and widened their eyes. They were just about to sneer, but were all stunned. No one said a word.