In his previous life, when he was still in high school, Li Jia Shu had already heard a lot of toxic chicken soup about job interviews.
Why climb to the 8th floor when the elevator is out of service?
What’s that ball of paper on the ground at the door of the office?
Why does the interviewer require him to get his phone number within 3 minutes?
Well, some people have even written books based on this, trying to tell job seekers ‘how to deal with interviews’.
Although from a public perspective, people like to scold ‘What a stupid question the interviewer asked’.
But when Li Jiasu himself stood in the position of the superstructure,
For specific purposes, invisible thresholds may also be chosen.
Probably, this is life.
...
The sun pushes away the dark clouds, and the warm wind blows the soil.
In the open space in front of the main entrance of the castle, 50 free citizens of Gus City, dressed in clean and tidy uniforms, were excited and nervous, waiting for the call of the ordering soldiers.
They are here for an interview.
A few days ago, the lord held a grand banquet, and everyone was very happy.
But for the more than 500 students in the 'Assistant Servant' training class, it was relaxation before the 'tough battle'.
On the third day after the banquet, the castle held the first "Gusi City Development Plan Lord Recruitment Assistant Servants Examination".
It’s called “fixed exam” for short.
A month ago, the castle steward preached in the market square:
In the first "fixed exam", the lord only needs 5 people.
There are more than 500 students in the training class, competing for 5 places.
That is a recruitment ratio of about 100 to 1.
This made the citizens who signed up to study take a breath, the competition is too fierce.
Of course, from Li Jiasu's perspective, this situation is already considered very peaceful.
After all, it’s not like I’ve never seen 24,584 people competing for one position in my previous life, right?
The people waiting in front of the main gate of the castle now are the top 50 people with the best scores in the written examination.
They have already won the remaining 452 people. As long as they successfully win the favor of the lord during the interview, they will be able to obtain the position of 'Assistant Servant' of the castle, with a weekly salary of 70 copper coins, one lunch a day, and the ability to turn their noses into the sky when going to the tavern.
Volume, volume***!
After receiving a notification from the Sheriff's errand boy last night (and getting a wooden badge by the way), these 50 people dug out/borrowed a set of the cleanest ones from the box under the bed or from a friend's house overnight.
The most decent uniform with the fewest patches, hoping to get extra points in front of the lord.
The soldiers were ordered to come out,
"Number one, Ron Maddow!"
One person raised his hand and said, "Me, me, me!"
The ordering soldier came forward, checked the man's wooden badge, and after confirming it was correct, took the badge away and led the man into the castle.
About 8 minutes later, the man came out.
There was anxiety written all over his face.
"Ron, how are you? What did the lord say?" Someone who knew him stepped forward and asked in a low voice.
"The master didn't directly say whether he wanted me or not, but the master's guest said..."
"Let me go back and wait for notification."
...
Little Jack nervously followed the ordering soldier to the door of a side hall on the ground floor of the castle.
The messenger ordered the soldier: "The master and the guest are waiting for you inside. Come in quickly."
After speaking, the soldier walked away.
Little Jack took a deep breath and walked to the wooden door. Just as he was about to open the door and enter, he looked up and saw a wooden sign hanging on the door.
There is a sentence written on the wooden sign (after a month of study, he has mastered the basic documents):
"Save time and don't kneel down."
Little Jack was stunned for a moment, then pushed the door open and entered the side hall.
On the thick log table, fruits are placed on silver plates.
On the velvet cushion with gold silk trim, the young lord in purple velvet silk supported his head with one hand and looked at the interviewer.
Next to the lord's chair, there was a tall lecturer, no, guest guest, who was tall, wearing a cloak and a brass mask. He stood beside the master and looked at little Jack.
Meeting the distinguished Lord Federesh at close range, the long-standing fear made little Jack subconsciously want to kneel down.
Then he suddenly remembered the wooden sign he saw when he entered the door.
After struggling for a few seconds, he bent his knees slightly, and then chose to lower his head and bow.
"Hello, sir!"
"Well, raise your head." Chu Yang said calmly.
Little Jack quickly raised his head, but he was still slightly bent over and did not dare to straighten up.
"Stand up straight so that you don't get out of breath when you answer later!" the tall and fierce devil spoke.
When little Jack heard what the lecturer said, he straightened up immediately.
The Lord Lord nodded and said: "I ask, you answer, confess truthfully, do you understand?"
"I understand, I understand, sir."
In the next five minutes, Chu Yang asked the interviewer about his family situation, personal property, what he thought of the Sheriff of Gusi City, whether he had any personal expertise, and a series of other questions.
With his heart pounding, little Jack answered all the lord's questions as calmly as possible.
"Yeah." Chuyang waved his hands, without any change in expression on his face.
A deep voice sounded from beneath the brass mask,
"Go back and wait for notification."
Little Jack quickly bowed to the lord again, then turned around and planned to leave the side hall.
He was stunned for a moment.
I don't know when, a Mrs. Slay dressed as a slave - with scars on her face - holding a broom and dustpan, was cleaning silently at the wooden door with her head lowered.
Mrs. Slay worked quietly, sweeping the dust under the crack of the door repeatedly with the broom, trying to clean the only entrance and exit of the side hall until it was spotless.
Little Jack walked to the door.
Scarfaced Mrs. Slay didn't give up any space.
Little Jack waited for about 20 seconds.
Scarface was still sweeping the floor and blocking the door.
Another 10 seconds passed, and seeing the other party refusing to give way like a blind man, little Jack finally couldn't bear it anymore and cursed in a low voice:
"You lowly slave, get out of here! You're blocking me and wasting my time to interview the next person. I'll chop your head off!"
At this time, the scar-faced Slay seemed to notice little Jack, holding the broom and dustpan, lowered his head and gave up his position.
Little Jack quickly walked out of the side hall and out of the castle.
Chu Yang and Li Jia Shu have been watching and making notes on parchment.
The messenger ordered the soldier to bring the next interviewer.
...
The next day, the results came out.
Some are happy, some are upset.
The lord only needs 5 people,
Five people who try to meet the devil's standards.
Excellent academic performance, flexible thinking, and stable family situation.
and, relatively speaking,
Be more ‘empathetic’.
In order to better develop the island and better promote civil engineering projects, as the number of workers increases, Li Jia Shu and Chu Yang must have a group of "middle-level personnel" under their hands to assist in the management, coordination, and supervision of the castle.
People's understanding will change,
Better life, better income, greater rights,
The present belongs to the present, and the future belongs to the future.
Li Jia Shu could not guarantee that the people he and Chu Yang chose together would
In the future, will we strive to be noble, or will we be lazy and degenerate?
Things like ideological trends may be able to be guided a little, but it is absolutely impossible to control and manipulate them.
Li Jiasu does not have the extraordinary ability to brainwash people.
I don’t want to have [that] extraordinary ability.
In a previous life, Li Jia Shu read a very philosophical introduction in an article:
“To go sideways in order to go forward, and to take detours in order to go straight.
The affairs of the world do not depend on personal will.
I want to do this, but I can't do it all at once.
When I came back after a full circle, things were done again."